Stig Allan Pramberg (23 April 1921 – 15 September 1996) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1][2] He was a member of the Sweden national speedway team.

Stig Pramberg
Born23 April 1921 (1921-04-23)
Lund, Sweden
Died15 September 1996(1996-09-15) (aged 75)
Degeberga, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
1948–1954, 1958–1959Vargarna
1955–1957Filbyterna
Individual honours
1952Continental final bronze medal
Team honours
1949, 1951, 1953, 1954League champion

Biography edit

He won four League championships with Vargarna in 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1954.[3]

During 1950, he was ranked the number two Swedish rider behind Olle Nygren.[4]

He also reached the Championship round of the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1953 Individual Speedway World Championship, which included a third-place finish in the Continental Speedway final in 1952.[5] It was in 1952, that he also took a role as a speedway rider in a film called Dangerous Curve.[2]

In 1958, he reached the final of the 1958 Individual Long Track European Championship.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Stig Pramberg". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Stig Pramberg". Swedish Film Database. 23 April 1921. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Swedish Speedway History in Figures". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Speedway Racing". Staffordshire Sentinel. 6 April 1950. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Bradley joins Nygren in World final". Bristol Evening Post. 27 August 1953. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.