Swedish Grand Prix
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| Number of times held | 9 |
| First held | 1931 |
| Last held | 1978 |
| Most wins (drivers) |  Jody Scheckter (2)  Niki Lauda (2) |
| Most wins (constructors) |  Tyrrell (2) |
| Circuit length | 4.031 km |
| Race length | 282.170 km |
| Laps | 70 |
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The Swedish Grand Prix (Swedish: Sveriges Grand Prix) was a round of the Formula One World Championship from 1973 to 1978. It took place at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp (Gislaved Municipality), about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Jönköping, in Småland, Sweden. The 1930s also saw two races carry the title, the Swedish Summer Grand Prix and an ice race, the Swedish Winter Grand Prix, similar to races held in Estonia, Finland and Norway.
In the 1960s there were Formula Two races held called Swedish Grand Prix.
While racing in Sweden had a long history it was not until 1931 that a race was first titled Grand Prix. The first Swedish Winter Grand Prix was held on a mammoth 46 kilometre circuit near Lake Rämen about 2 hours northwest of in the snow and freezing cold with a lap time of approximately 35 minutes. In 1933 the first Swedish Summer Grand Prix was held on a 30 kilometre cricuit at Norra Vram not far north from Malmö, a race which can be better compared to modern Grands Prix. The opening lap saw a multi-car pile-up which saw several drivers injured, two seriously, and a riding mechanic was killed. One of the crashed cars started a fire which saw a nearby house burned to the ground. The race continued while emergency services attended the scene and the race was eventually won by Antonio Brivio (Alfa Romeo). Major racing came to a halt after that. There were three sports cars races held between 1955 and 1957, with the latter two being part of the World Sportscar Championship, meanwhile 1967, the name Swedish Grand Prix was, as a one-off name, given to that year's Kanonloppet in Karlskoga. It was run to Formula Two rules and Jochen Rindt won.
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