Ghostwalker

It has been decided that Norwegian and Finnish riders will be allowed to ride in Div-1 in the uupcoming season. The Norwegian riders will be registered with Hagfors (Valsarna) while the Finnish riders will be registered with Rospiggarna. The riders (like all div-1 riders) can be loaned by the other teams. http://www.svemo.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_12598/cf_44/Beslutsprotokoll_13_Track_Racing_2016.PDF

It is mentioned on the previous page. It will be held at Masarna's track but when have not announced yet. http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=67537&page=82&do=findComment&comment=2887783

Smederna have signed Andrejs Lebedevs as a back up (not part of the registered squad) in case of injuries. http://eskilstunasmederna.se/lebedevs-klar-som-back-up/ It seems Indianerna have managed to find an extra board member that will allow them to sign contracts with sponsors and such. However it isn't formally official yet since bolagsverket needs to formalize it, which is expected to take place early next week. http://www.na.se/motor/speedway/na-avslojar-han-ar-nye-styrelseledamoten-som-kan-radda-indianerna-jobbar-pa-som-fan

according to the article linked blow, it seems that there are no regulations that would prevent Indianerna from participating in Elitserien next season. However that requires them to sign a contract/agreement with Svemo which means that Indianerna accepts to enter a control year. If Indianerna still have debts next autumn, they will be evicted from Elitserien. The question is still how Indianerna is supposed to sign anything when they don't have enough board members? http://www.na.se/motor/speedway/na-avslojar-indianerna-tvingas-till-kontrollar

I think Doyle might be a bit uncertain. It will depend on how well he recovers from his injure.

Press conference tomorrow.

I guess it's pretty good. Not super duper as Kumla, Motala or Målilla though.

Indianerna still have until 23.59 on Dec 31st to solve this situation. The current situation is that the previous board members (in Indianerna speedway AB) have resigned leaving the board with only one member. There are sponsors who claims that they are willing to help Indianerna financially but since there only is one board member, no sponsor agreement can be signed since that requires a minimum of three board members. The latest is that they sponsor meetings won't happen until after x-mas and new year though.

Don't know yet. They were supposed to have had sponsor meetings but these have been postponed for some reason.

The Swedish SEC round is possibly at Hallstavik.

Allsvenskan's fixtures have been released.http://www.svemo.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_12559/cf_44/Serieuppl-gg_Allsvenskan-2017_fastst-llt.PDF

Magnus Karlsson have signed with Lejonen as a guest rider. http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/9333/tog-sm-silver-med-dackarna-nu-ar-han-klar-for-en-annan-elitserieklubb/

Masarna will host next year's SM-weekend. Date TBA. http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Nyheter/ArrangoravSMhelgeniSpeedwayutsedd/#.WDwkGz83VsI.facebook

That is how it always have been so I would assume it is like that next year too.

Nope. It will be quarter finals, semi finals and finals. Tony Olsson says that he, Svemo and the clubs want to have the qf and sf run back to back, mon-tue or tue-wed. Howver he says that they will need to talk to the English and Danish league first to see if those leagues are willing to give up a day for the Swedish championship cup. Finals are likely to be held during the same period of time as the last couple of years, which means tue-wed the week after the Stockholm GP. http://www.dagensvimmerby.se/sport/speedway/e/9247/klart-speedwayens-sm-slutspel-forandras/

The fixtures for Elitserien 2017 have been released. http://www.svemo.se/ImageVaultFiles/id_12538/cf_44/Serieuppl-gg_Elitserien-2017_fastst-llt.PDF

No photos but a whole bunch of old videos of Swedish speedway: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ZlXEmussETiuPlAaNYO4w/videos

No as long as the line up fits under the average cap and as long as they use two swedes they can choose freely which riders they want to use. Also Mats Olsson commentator on Cmore's speedway broadcasts gives his opinion regarding the fact that many younger riders have quit due to the change in the agreement regarding the amount of Swedes/line up. http://www.dalademokraten.se/motor/speedway/tidigare-forbundskaptenen-mats-olsson-om-speedwaystjarnorna-som-slutat-jag-ar-orolig-over-svensk-speedway

Walasek is the last rider in Smederna's squad. http://eskilstunasmederna.se/sista-platsen-fylld/ I can't say that I am especially thrilled about him, I would rather have kept Lebedevs then signing this 40 year old polish rider.

Apparently Ponus Aspgren will be registered as a guest rider so that means that Smederna still have one slot to fill in the main squad.

Michelsen is the last rider for the main squad. http://eskilstunasmederna.se/klart-med-ny-forlangning/ Piraterna aiming for financial problems then. With Greg, Kildemand, Emil S and NKI in the same team, it will be very expensive and I doubt that Piraterna have enough incomes to support that kind of costs.

Matej Zagar also stays with Smederna. http://ekuriren.se/sport/1.4523617-beskedet-matej-zagar-kvar-i-smederna That means that Smederna have one squad slot remaining as well as one guest rider slot remaining,

Rasmus Broberg returns to Smederna. http://eskilstunasmederna.se/rasmus-broberg-tillbaka/ Since his average is 0.500, he will not occupy one of the remaining slots in the squad.

I thought the conclusion was that it isn't allowed to do so, judging by what you said about Rasmus Jensen riding in the DMU qualifiers last season on a Danish license while using a Swedish license in Elitserien? Imo a rider should not be able to pick and choose. If he/she decides to change licenses / nationality then they'll have to accept the consequences such as not being able to ride in qualifiers due to larger competition from other riders of the same license/nationality that he changed to. Not being able to use the old license/nationality for int. champ. qualifiers but the new license for league racing.

AFAIK Lahti have picked up Swedish license and passport. I also think that Lunna intends to do the same. At least will ride on a Swedish licence, not sure about the passport.