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SWE - SWEDEN
KARLSKOGA, GELLERåSEN
SORRY, SOME DATA ARE NOT TRANSLATED YET
Description
Location	Karlskoga T - Örebro - Östra Mellansverige
Location	250 km from Stockholm, near to Karlstad, Kristineham and Örebro
Latitude - Longitude	+ 59°23'00"     + 14°30'58" 59.383333     14.516111
UTM Coordinates	X = 472509.244  -  Y = 6582837.539  -  Zone 33V
Aerial photo / Map (*)	Google Maps  -    Bing Maps  -    Flash Earth  -    Eniro
Altitude AMSL	119 m - 390 ft
Inauguration	1949
Closing
Designer
Sources and links (Translation) (**)	(1) (page 199) Author: Tommaso Tommasi - Published by: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore - Published in: Italia - year: 1973 (2) Forum Forum Europe Northern Europe SWE - Karlskoga, Gelleråsen [ITA ENG] (3) forums.autosport.com (...) Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum Who designed Karlskoga? (4) www.racefoto.se/Racetrackssidan/Tracks.html Tracks in Scandinavia by Racefoto Bengt-Åce Liljevind (5) www.racingcircuits.net Motor Racing Circuits Database (6) www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/karlskog.html The GEL Motorsport - Tracks Around The World (7) Autosprint 21/1969 (page 19) Mappa e dati essenziali (8) Autosprint 35/1974 (page 62) Will the track be extended in order to host Sweden F.1 GP? (9) Motosprint 30/1979 (page 27) (10) www.karlskogamotorstadion.com Official website

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Karlskoga, Gelleråsen
Description	Road circuit opened in 1949 as a dirt track. In 1952 it was modified and asphalted. New changes were made on 1953 and finally in 1958, when it had layout shown in my map. On August 8th 1970 five spectators died after a crash at Velodromkurvan and the track was closed. In 1973 it was reopened with different layout
Years	1958÷1970
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing	1970
Last update of this page	September 7th 2007
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Björkdungskurvan - Velodromkurvan - Hårnålen - Depakurvan
length	3000  m	9843  ft	1.864  mi		(1)

Karlskoga, Gelleråsen
Description	The track was reopend in 1973, after three years. My map shows layout used for weden motorbike GP on July 22nd 1979: I don’t know if from 1973 to 1979 the track was modified or if it was unchanged (as I think, even if I have no evidence). After 1978 GP, bikers asked to do some changes to track facilities and to remove banking on hairpin 6. These changes should have been done within 1979 GP, but they weren’t and bikers asked again for 1980 GP, that was never raced. I don’t know when this layout was used for the last time. After Mantorp Park was closed because of economical reasons, Karlkoga organizers offered to lengthen the track (approx. 1 km longer) in order to host F.1 Sweden GP, I think alternating with Anderstorp. This proposal was never developed. I have no more info.
Years	1973÷...
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational
Car Circuit
Motorbike circuit	YES
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	September 7th 2007
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Björkdungskurvan - Velodromkurvan - Hårnålen - Depakurvan
length	3150  m	10335  ft	1.957  mi		(9)

Karlskoga, Gelleråsen
Description
Years	1971÷...
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit
Motorbike circuit
Type	Permanent
Inauguration
Closing
Last update of this page	September 7th 2007
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Björkdungskurvan - Velodromkurvan - Hårnålen - Depakurvan
length	2530  m	8301  ft	1.572  mi
length	2530  m	8301  ft	1.572  mi		(5)

Latitude - Longitude: + 59°23'00", + 14°30'58"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
May 13th 2013			Guido de Carli		micap	Update	Description
September 21st 2005			Guido de Carli			Update	Description
March 10th 2005		1973÷...	Guido de Carli			Update	Description
October 29th 2004		1958÷1970	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		Update	Description with map
March 10th 2004		1958÷1970	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		Update	Description with map
October 3rd 2002			Guido de Carli			New	Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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