Viktor Bergström 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....

 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, currently riding in the British

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...

 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...

 with Leicester Lions, on loan from Scunthorpe Scorpions

Scunthorpe Scorpions

The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a speedway team in the British Premier League. After three successful years in the Conference League the side were accepted into the Premier League for 2008...

.

Career history

In 2007 Bergström rode in the Elitserien

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...

, the top league in Sweden, at reserve for Västervik

Västervik Speedway

Västervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway team from Västervik in Sweden. Västervik were established in 1966 and have raced in the Elitserien, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991. They were Elitserien Champions in 2005 and in 2007 they finished runners-up to Dackarna. The team...

 and the team finished second in the league. His team mates included Bjarne Pedersen

Bjarne Pedersen

Bjarne Pedersen is an international motorcycle speedway rider who has represented Denmark in the Speedway World Cup, winning it on two occasions: in 2006 and 2008.-Career summary:...

, Tomasz Gollob

Tomasz Gollob

Tomasz Gollob is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series since its inaugural season in 1995. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider.-Career summary:...

 and Chris Harris

Chris Harris (speedway rider)

Christopher Calvin "Chris" Harris in Truro, Cornwall, nicknamed Bomber, is a Great Britain international speedway rider for the Belle Vue Aces in the United Kingdom.- Early career :...

 with Bergström recording a 5.45 average. In the Allsvenskan league, the second tier in Sweden, he rode for Vargarna and averaged

Calculated Match Average

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

  7.25. His team-mates included Joe Screen

Joe Screen

Joseph 'Joe' Screen , is a British international speedway rider who rides for the Glasgow Tigers in the British Premier League. In 2011 While pairing with James Grieves he won the Premier league Pairs For the Tigers...

, Craig Watson

Craig Watson (speedway rider)

Craig Watson is an Australian Motorcycle speedway rider who rode for the Newport Wasps, Poole Pirates, Belle Vue Aces, Glasgow Tigers and Birmingham Brummies in the Speedway Elite League. Watson was the winner of the 1996 NSW State Championship.-Career:Watson has spent most of his career with the...

, Leigh Lanham

Leigh Lanham

Leigh Stefan Lanham is a speedway rider in the United Kingdom, riding with the Newport Wasps in the Premier League....

 and Kevin Doolan.

Bergström also gained experience with Kolejarz Rawicz in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, winning the Polish second division. He also qualified for his fourth Swedish Under-21 individual Final, finishing 10th. He was also placed 10th in the Nordic final and in his last meeting of the season he claimed third place in the Robins individual meeting.

Since 2008 Bergström has ridden for the Scunthorpe Scorpions in Britain and embarked on his third season with the club in 2010. In August 2011 he joined Leicester Lions on loan.

World championships

• Individual U-21 World Championship
  Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
  The Individual Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation since 1977...
  
  
  • 2007
    2007 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
    Final standing:# Emil Saifutdinov # Chris Holder # Paweł Hlib -Calendar:-Herxheim:*Qualifying round 1*April 22, 2007 Herxheim*Referee: Niels M...
    
     - 10th place in Qualifying round 2

European Championships

• Individual European Championship
  Individual Speedway European Championship
  The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the European Motorcycle Union since 2001.The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age ....
  
  
  • 2007
    2007 Individual Speedway European Championship
    The 2007 Individual Speedway European ChampionshipFinal standing:# Jurica Pavlič # Sebastian Ułamek # Patrick Hougaard - Calendar :- Poland :...
    
     - 10th place in Semi-Final B

• European Pairs Championship
  European Pairs Speedway Championship
  The European Pairs Speedway Championship is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries organized by the European Motorcycle Union since 2004.-Team composition:...
  
  
  • 2007
    2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship
    The 2007 European Pairs Speedway Championship.-Natschbach :-Debrecen :-Final:...
    
     - 5th place in Semi-Final 1

External links

• Official website