Arne Kring is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 former motocross

Motocross

Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...

 racer. His greatest successes came in the 1970s and after. Like many Swedes of his time, he rode Husqvarna

Husqvarna Motorcycles

Husqvarna Motorcycles, a subsidiary of BMW, is a company manufacturing motocross, enduro and supermoto motorcycles. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a branch of the Husqvarna armament firm which had supplied the Swedish army with rifles since 1689.-History:As...

 bikes. The Austrian Erich Glavitza described Kring's remarkable style in his book Moto-Cross: Härte ohne Grenzen, published in 1974. He was a contemporary and compatriot of Bengt Åberg

Bengt Åberg

Bengt Åberg is a former Swedish motocross racer. He was one of the top riders in the Motocross Grand Prix World Championships during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 he was part of the Swedish team that won the Trophée des Nations. He was the F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Champion in 1969...

, Torsten Hallman

Torsten Hallman

Torsten Hallman was a four-time motocross World Champion. He was one of the men responsible for introducing motocross to the United States in the late 1960s....

, Åke Jonsson

Åke Jonsson

Åke Jonsson born October 5, 1942 in Hammerdal, was a Swedish motocross racer. He was also a very skilled speed skater, and belonged to the Swedish top junior elite, before his racing career took off...

, Håkan Andersson

Håkan Andersson (motorcyclist)

Håkan Andersson was a Swedish motocross racer. He won the F.I.M. 250cc Motocross World Championship in 1973.Andersson began racing in the motocross world championships for the Husqvarna factory, finishing second behind Suzuki's Joël Robert in the 1971 250cc motocross world championship...

, Christer Hammargren and Olle Petersson. His best performance was in 1970

1970 FIM Motocross World Championship season

The 1970 FIM Motocross World Championship season was the 14th F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.-Summary:Bengt Åberg won his second consecutive 500cc world championship for Husqvarna...

 when he finished in second place behind Åberg in the F.I.M.

Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme

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 500cc Motocross World Championship, a year of absolute Swedish domination in the 500 cc class, with fellow Swede Åke Jonsson finishing in third place. He also was a member of the winning Swedish team of the Motocross des Nations

Motocross des Nations

The Motocross des Nations is an annual team motocross race, where riders representing their country meet at what is billed as the "Olympics of Motocross"...

 in 1970 and in 1974. Kring was also one of the pioneers who helped to make motocross extremely popular in the United States

United States

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. In the press, he was often referred to as "the sympathetic Swede" because of his friendly and joyful character.