13 February 2021(2021-02-13) (aged 91) Ipswich, England
Nickname
Varg-Olle
Nationality
Swedish
Career history
Sweden
1948-1953, 1960, 1962-1963, 1967-1979
Vargarna
1954-1959
Monarkerna
Great Britain
1951
Harringay Racers
1953
New Cross Rangers
1953
Bristol Bulldogs
1954, 1965-1968
Wimbledon Dons
1960
Southampton Saints
1962
Swindon Robins
1962-1964
Norwich Stars
1969-1971
West Ham Hammers
1972-1974
Ipswich Witches
1974
Coventry Bees
1975
King's Lynn Stars
Individual honours
1954, 1960
Nordic Champion
1949
Swedish Champion[1]
Team honours
1960
World Team Cup
1968
British League KO Cup winner
1968
London Cup Winner
1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960
Allsvenskan Champion
1963
National Trophy
Harald Olof Ingemar Nygren (11 November 1929 – 13 February 2021)[2][3] was a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider, who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times.[4]
^Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Ipswich: Studio Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Motorsport-legendaren "Varg-Olle" är död". 13 February 2021.
^Belton, Brian (2003). Hammerin' Round. Stroud: Tempus Publishing ISBN 0-7524-2438-6
Retrieved 6 August 2023. Persson, Rickard (13 February 2021). "Varg-OlleNygren död – "Han var en levnadskonstnär"". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 15 February...
defenceman Nicklas Nygren (born 1983), Swedish video game developer OlleNygren (born 1929), Swedish international speedway rider Oscar Nygren (1872–1960),...
in 1960. Led by reigning world champion Ove Fundin and his teammates OlleNygren, Rune Sörmander and Björn Knutson, Sweden swept to victory over England...
Rob Walker Lotus 24. He went on to compete without a nosecone. Rookie OlleNygren could not find fourth gear in the Lotus 18 he had borrowed from Jay Chamberlain...
Speedway Team Championship. The Monakerna team contained riders such as OlleNygren and Ulf Ericsson. As per the 1955 season there were just six teams that...
London Wembley Stadium Ronnie Moore (15 pts) Brian Crutcher (13+3 pts) OlleNygren (13+2 pts) 1955 details London Wembley Stadium Peter Craven (13 pts)...
the 1948 Swedish speedway season. Their first significant riders were OlleNygren and Helge Brinkeback, who would both become Swedish champions. Th eteam...
Speedway Team Championship for the fifth time. The Vargarna team contained OlleNygren, Joel Jansson, Björn Knutson and Per-Tage Svensson. Filbyterna won the...
Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 21 October in Stockholm. OlleNygren won the inaugural Swedish Championship. Vargarna won the league and were...
only dropping one point in heat 13 to Jeff Lloyd. Geoff Mardon defeated OlleNygren in the bronze medal ride off. Qualification started on 1952. 17 May 1953...
front of a 90,000 attendance. He defeated his main rival OlleNygren in the final heat. Nygren then lost the silver medal ride off to Wembley's teenager...
was the worst in the history of the club, they lost their new signing OlleNygren to ill-health before the season even started and then Jack Unstead was...
8 Ret 5 Ecurie Excelsior Jay Chamberlain 5 Ret DSQ 16 DNQ Ret Ret 9 OlleNygren Ret Gerry Ashmore Gerry Ashmore Ret 9 8 Graham Eden Ret Ret Speed Sport...
1954. During 1950, he was ranked the number two Swedish rider behind OlleNygren. He also reached the Championship round of the 1952 Individual Speedway...
Team Championship. The team included Dan Forsberg, Helge Brinkeback and OlleNygren. Vikingarna won division 2 east and Kaparna won division 2 west. Speedway...
season. He had been recommended to Coventry promoter Charles Ochiltree by OlleNygren in April 1974. For a debut season in Britain he averaged a respectable...
three teams competing. Wimbledon Dons headed by leading Swedish rider OlleNygren fought West Ham throughout the season and only lost the league by a single...
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