History

The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to Stjärnorna (English: The Stars). In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is a nickname

Nickname

A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....

 given to people from the Hallstavik

Hallstavik

Hallstavik is a locality situated in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 4,530 inhabitants in 2005. The town is famous for its paper-factory and the Speedway team Rospiggarna.- The modern Hallstavik :...

 area. Rospiggarna have won four Elitserien Championships

Elitserien (speedway)

Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of speedway in Sweden and currently comprises the top 9 Swedish speedway teams. The first season began in 1982...

 and is the home team of former World Champion

Speedway World Championship

The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. Today, it is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each...

 Greg Hancock

Greg Hancock

Gregory Alan "Greg" Hancock is an American motorcycle speedway rider.He is a current Speedway World Champion and a multiple World Team champion with USA, with whom he is currently captain...

. Other former World Champions that have represented the club are Tony Rickardsson

Tony Rickardsson

Tony Rickardsson is a retired Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He is widely acknowledged as being the most successful speedway rider of the current era, having won six Speedway World Championship titles in 15 attempts. He has two daughters, Michelle and Natalie with his wife Anna...

, Per Jonsson

Per Jonsson

Per Jonsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992.In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six major trophies...

, Andreas Jonsson

Andreas Jonsson

Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson is an international motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003 and 2004.- Career summary :...

 and Jason Crump

Jason Crump

Jason Phillip Crump is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion.-Family:...

.

Swedish team championships

• Gold: 4 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2002)
• Silver: 3 (1996, 1998, 2000)
• Bronze: 1 (1999)