Magnus Erik Karlsson is an international motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 rider who rides in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 for the Leicester Lions in the Premier League

Speedway Premier League

The Premier League is the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom and goverened by the Speedway Control Board , in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association . The Premier League was founded in 1995 when it replaced the British League as the first division...

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His two older brothers, Peter Karlsson

Peter Karlsson (speedway rider)

Peter Gunnar Karlsson is an international motorcycle speedway rider who rides in the UK for the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League....

 and Mikael Max

Mikael Max

Karl Mikael Karlsson Max is an international motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the UK for the Wolverhampton Wolves in the Elite League....

 are both former Speedway Grand Prix

Speedway Grand Prix

Speedway Grand Prix are a series of stand-alone speedway events over the course of a season used to determine the Speedway World Champion. As of 2008, all of the events take place in Europe.- Event format :...

 riders. All three brothers represented Sweden

Sweden national speedway team

Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000...

 in the 2007 Speedway World Cup

2007 Speedway World Cup

The 2007 Speedway World Cup was the 7th FIM Speedway World Cup season. The Final took place on July 21, 2007 in the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland. The tournament was won by host team Poland and they beat defending champion Denmark , Australia and Great Britain in the...

, with Magnus riding at reserve.

Magnus had a successful start to his UK career. He first rode in the Premier League in 2002 with the Edinburgh Monarchs, but it was in 2003 he was part of the Premier League Championship winning team. In 2004 he moved on to the Hull Vikings, and was part of the team that won the League Championship, KO Cup and Young Shield treble! Magnus decided to join his brother Peter at Elite League Wolverhampton in 2005 where he recorded a 5.58 average

Calculated Match Average

Calculated Match Averages are calculated for every motorcycle speedway rider.The CMA is calculated from the following:\left \times4...

 in his debut season, including a paid maximum. In 2006 his average

Calculated Match Average

Calculated Match Averages are calculated for every motorcycle speedway rider.The CMA is calculated from the following:\left \times4...

dropped to 4.71 and it dropped again in 2007 to 3.62, despite representing Sweden in the Speedway World Cup.

Magnus decided to drop down to the Premier League with Scunthorpe in 2008 and produced his best-ever season at that level with the Scorpions in 2009. He rode for the Lincolnshire club for a third consecutive season in 2010, before moving to Leicester Lions in 2011.