Olle Nygren
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| Born |
11 November 1929 , Sweden |
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| Nationality |
 Sweden
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| Current club information | |
| Career status | Retired |
| Career history | |
| 1948-1953, 1962-1963, 1967-1979 | Vargarna (SWE) |
| 1954-1959 | Monarkerna (SWE) |
| 1951 | Harringay Racers |
| 1953 | Bristol Bulldogs |
| 1960 | Southampton Saints |
| 1962 | Swindon Robins |
| 1962-1964 | Norwich Stars |
| 1965-1968 | Wimbledon Dons |
| 1969-1971 | West Ham Hammers |
| 1972-1974 | Ipswich Witches |
| 1974 | Coventry Bees |
| 1975 | King's Lynn Stars |
| Individual honours | |
| 1960 | Nordic Champion |
| 1949 | Swedish Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1960 | World Team Cup |
| 1968 | British League KO Cup winner |
| 1968 | London Cup Winner |
Harald-Olof Ingemar (Olle) Nygren (born 11 November 1929 in , Sweden) is a former international speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times. Nygren was Swedish Champion in 1949 and became Nordic Champion in 1960. After retirement, Nygren set up a successful speedway training school.
In 1962, Nygren took part in a minor Formula One race, the Kanonloppet, at the Karlskoga Circuit at Karlskoga in his home country of Sweden. He drove a Lotus 18 loaned to him by American driver Jay Chamberlain. Nygren qualified tenth of the ten starters, and had to retire after just six laps with a gearbox failure.
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