Örnarna

Örnarna (lit. 'the Eagles') is a motorcycle speedway team from Mariestad in Sweden, representing Mariestads MK, who compete in the Allsvenskan. Their home track is at the Grevby Motorstadion which is located to the north of Mariestad.

1949–1969
Örnarna was founded in 1949. The club's debut season in the Swedish league was during the 1950 season, where they competed in division 2B. However, the club did not compete for the next seven years. When they returned for the 1958 Swedish speedway season they won their first honours after finishing top of division 2. The club remained in division 2 and repeated the success in 1963, which resulted to promotion to the highest division for the first time. The club signed Bengt Svensson and Per-Tage Svensson but struggled in division 1, before being relegated in 1967. In 1969, they once again won division 2.

1970–1979
The club spent the 1970s largely in division 1 (led by Karl-Erik Claesson and Börje Klingberg) but experienced limited success. In 1985, the club signed Peter Karlsson and in 1987, they finished second in division 1, their highest ever placing at the time. Peter Karlsson, together with Niklas Karlsson and Kelvin Tatum then helped the team finish runner up again in 1989.

1990–1999


The title still eluded the club in 1990 after another second place finish. Peter Karlsson's younger brother Mikael Karlsson and Niklas Klingberg began to improve their averages and after signing American Rick Miller and Christer Rohlén, they finally won the Elitserien for the first time during the 1992 Swedish speedway season. They then proceeded to win three more Swedish Speedway Team Championships in 1993, 1994 and 1996.

2000–present
The millennium started badly and without the Karlsson brothers the club were relegated. The team then spent the majority of the next two decades in the Allsvenskan, with the exception of 2018 to 2021, when they dropped out of league. The club have since returned to the Allsvenskan, and finished 4th during the 2022 Swedish Speedway season.

2022 team

 * 🇸🇪 Joel Andersson
 * 🇸🇪 Ludvig Lindgren
 * 🇩🇪 Valentin Grobauer
 * 🇸🇮 Matic Ivačič
 * 🇸🇪 Erik Persson
 * 🇸🇪 Max Belsing
 * 🇵🇱 Tomasz Orwat
 * 🇸🇪 Alexander Jakobsson Sundkvist
 * 🇳🇴 Glenn Moi

Notable riders
• 🇸🇪 Karl-Erik Claesson

• 🇸🇪 Niklas Karlsson

• 🇸🇪 Peter Karlsson

• 🇸🇪 Börje Klingberg

• 🇸🇪 Niklas Klingberg

• 🇸🇪 Bengt Larsson

• 🇺🇸 Rick Miller

• 🇸🇪 Christer Rohlén

• 🇸🇪 Mikael Max

• 🇸🇪 Per-Tage Svensson

• 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kelvin Tatum