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Swedish motorcycle speedway team

Dackarna
Track address	Skrotfrag Arena Målilla Sweden
Country	Sweden
Founded	1929
Team manager	Mikael Teurnberg
Team captain	Jacob Thorssell
League	Elitserien
Website	Official Website
Colours	Yellow, white and red
Nickname	The Tires
Track size	305 metres
Track record time	55.1 seconds
Track record date	23 August 2011
Track record holder	Andreas Jonsson
Team champions 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 2007, 2021, 2023 Division One Champions 1986, 1991, 1995 Second Division (East) Champions 1971, 1972 Third Division (East) Champions 1967, 1968

Dackarna is a motorcycle speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track since 1993 has been the Skrotfrag Arena which was the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia and is the current venue for the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden.^[1] They ride in the Elitserien^[2] and are six times champions of Sweden.^[3][4]

The team was founded in May 1935 as Målilla Motorklubb and in 1949 renamed itself Dackarna (in honour of Nils Dacke) and the club began league racing. The team raced at the Gamla Målilla Motorstadion but in 1956, the team rode their matches at the Växjö Motorstadion.

In 1957, Dackarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time; the team included Rune Sörmander and Dan Forsberg.^[5][6] They then dominated the championship by winning successive titles in 1958^[7] and 1959^[8] before claiming a fourth success in 1962.^[9] Riders like Sormander, Per-Tage Svensson and Åke Andersson were instrumental during this period.

Dackarna switched between the first and second league for the next 30 years until 1997. Despite a largely quiet period they did win five tier two titles in 1971, 1972, 1986, 1991 and 1995. Tommy Johansson also won the 1973 Swedish title as a Dackarna rider. In 1992, the Gamla Målilla Motorstadion was demolished and a new Målilla Motorstadion opened on 29 June 1993 and Dackarna would become the resident speedway team.

When the team received the backing of a major new sponsor (Svelux) and were renamed Team Svelux in 1997. Svelux were taken over by Luxo in 2002 and the team name was changed to Luxo Stars.^[10]

In 2006, the sponsorship deal expired and the team name reverted to Dackarna. Success soon returned to Dackarna when they won the 2007 Elitserien, after defeating Västervik in the play-off final. The team included Andreas Jonsson, Freddie Lindgren, Hans Andersen and Peter Karlsson.^[11][12][3]

In 2021, Dackarna became Swedish champions for the sixth time, after defeating Smederna in Eskilstuna. The team included Tai Woffinden, Jason Doyle, Maciej Janowski and Jacob Thorssell.^[3]

Smålänningarna and Team Dalej compete in the tiers below the Elitserien and were a collaboration between Dackarna and Lejonen allowing less senior riders the opportunity to race. The collaboration ran from 2020 and the Smålänningarna name came from and old team that had riders from Småland.^[13]