Karlskoga 1958-1970

Karlsoga (or Gelleråson as it is also known) is Sweden's oldest circuit, home to the Kanonloppet races and one of the country's most important venues. Once a host to Formula One and Formula Two races, today the circuit near Karlskoga is a major player on the Swedish national racing scene.



The track owes its existence to the single-mindedness of Gunnar Olsson, the then chairman of Karlskoga Motor Club. In the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the club began looking at options for re-starting motor racing. Racing had already returned elsewhere on the public roads at Skarpnack for the Stockholm Grand Prix and similar propositions were considered in Karlskoga. A course joining the public roads from Gelleråsen to Lonnshyttan and Källmo was floated, though ultimately came to nothing.

It was then that Olsson met Elias Frisk, a motorsport enthusiast and local landowner who also operated a quarry. The pair soon hatched a plan to create a permanent course on Frisk's land, using gravel from his quarry to form the racing surface. The Karlskoga Motor Club would be assigned a lease on the land, with payments delayed until money was forthcoming from the racing activities.

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Karlskoga I done it my lap record 1.08.153