Juuso Pykälistö's Peugeot 206 WRC a bit out of hand at the 2003 Swedish Rally.

The Uddeholm Swedish Rally (Swedish: Svenska rallyt), formerly the Swedish Rally, is an automobile rally competition held in Värmland, Sweden in early February. First held in 1950, when it was called the Rally to the Midnight Sun with start and finish at separate locations, seventeen years later both start and finish became located in Karlstad. The main service park is located in the town of Hagfors, which is actually much closer to the special stages than Karlstad. The competition is spread out over three days with the start of the first part on Friday morning and the finish on Sunday afternoon.

In 1973 the rally was introduced to the World Rally Championship and started to get international attention; the Swedish Rally is also the only rally held on snow. The winners of the Swedish Rally had only been Swedes and Finns until the trend was broken by Frenchman Sébastien Loeb in 2004.

The rally has been cancelled twice; in 1974 due to the oil crisis and in 1990 because of the mild weather. Weather continues to be a concern, as rising global temperatures reduce the likelihood of appropriately snowy conditions every year. The 2005 event was one of the warmest ever, turning many stages into mud and destroying the special studded snow tires used by the teams.

[edit] Results

[edit] 1950 through 1969

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver Co-driver	Team Car	Time
1st International Swedish Rally 1950	-	1	Per-Fredrik Cederbaum	BMW	- h : - m : - s
2nd International Swedish Rally 1951	-	1	Gunnar Bengtsson	Lago	- h : - m : - s
3rd International Swedish Rally 1952	-	1	Grus-Olle Persson	Porsche	- h : - m : - s
4th International Swedish Rally 1953	-	1	Sture Nottorp	Porsche	- h : - m : - s
5th International Swedish Rally 1954	-	1	Carl-Gunnar Hammarlund	Porsche	- h : - m : - s
6th International Swedish Rally 1955	-	1	Allan Borgefors	Porsche	- h : - m : - s
7th International Swedish Rally 1956	-	1	Harry Bengtsson	Volkswagen	- h : - m : - s
8th International Swedish Rally 1957	-	1	Ture Jansson	Volvo	- h : - m : - s
9th International Swedish Rally 1958	-	1	Gunnar Andersson	Volvo	- h : - m : - s
10th International Swedish Rally 1959	-	1	Erik Carlsson	Saab 93	- h : - m : - s
11th International Swedish Rally 1960	-	1	Carl-Magnus Skogh	Saab	- h : - m : - s
12th International Swedish Rally 1961	-	1	Carl-Magnus Skogh	Saab	- h : - m : - s
13th International Swedish Rally 1962	-	1	Bengt Söderström	British Motor Corporation	- h : - m : - s
14th International Swedish Rally 1963	-	1	Berndt Jansson	Porsche	- h : - m : - s
15th International Swedish Rally 1964	-	1	Tom Trana	Volvo	- h : - m : - s
16th International Swedish Rally 1965	-	1	Tom Trana	Volvo	- h : - m : - s
17th International Swedish Rally 1966	-	1	Åke Andersson	Saab	- h : - m : - s
18th International Swedish Rally 1967	-	1	Bengt Söderström	Ford	- h : - m : - s
19th International Swedish Rally 1968	-	1	Björn Waldegård Lars Helmér	Porsche	- h : - m : - s
20th International Swedish Rally 1969	-	1	Björn Waldegård Lars Helmér	Porsche	- h : - m : - s

[edit] 1970 through 1985

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver Co-driver	Team Car	Time
21st International Swedish Rally 11 to 15 February 1970 Round 2 of the International Championship for Manufacturers	40 stages 1282 km	1	Björn Waldegård Lars Helmér	Porsche 911S	12 h : 20 m : 50 s
		2	Stig Blomqvist Bo Reinicke	Saab 96 V4	12 h : 44 m : 6 s
		3	Lillebror Nasenius Björn Cederberg	Opel Kadett Rallye	12 h : 59 m : 33 s
22nd International Swedish Rally 17 to 21 February 1971 Round 2 of the International Championship for Manufacturers	39 stages	1	Stig Blomqvist Arne Hertz	Saab 96 V4	8 h : 35 m : 29 s
		2	Lars Nyström Gunnar Nyström	BMW 2002 TI	8 h : 40 m : 42 s
		3	Harry Källström Gunnar Häggborn	Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF	8 h : 41 m : 36 s
23rd International Swedish Rally 17 to 20 February 1972 Round 2 of the International Championship for Manufacturers	37 stages 802 km	1	Stig Blomqvist Arne Hertz	Saab 96 V4	7 h : 43 m : 28 s
		2	Björn Waldegård Lars Helmér	Porsche 911S	7 h : 47 m : 44 s
		3	Harry Källström Gunnar Häggborn	Lancia Fulvia 1.6 Coupé HF	7 h : 52 m : 32 s
24th International Swedish Rally 15 to 18 February 1973 Round 2 of the 1973 World Rally Championship	36 stages 1800 km	1	Stig Blomqvist Arne Hertz	Saab 96 V4	9 h : 18 m : 31 s
		2	Per Eklund Rolf Carlsson	Saab 96 V4	9 h : 20 m : 53 s
		3	Jean-Luc Thérier Marcel Callewaert	Alpine Renault A110 1800	9 h : 34 m : 12 s
1974 rally cancelled
25th International Swedish Rally 13 to 15 February 1975 Round 2 of the 1975 World Rally Championship	40 stages 800 km	1	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Lancia Stratos HF	7 h : 19 m : 46 s
		2	Stig Blomqvist Hans Sylvan	Saab 96 V4	7 h : 21 m : 33 s
		3	Simo Lampinen Sölve Andreasson	Lancia Beta Coupé	7 h : 31 m : 22 s
26th International Swedish Rally 20 to 22 February 1976 Round 2 of the 1976 World Rally Championship	34 stages 722 km	1	Per Eklund Björn Cederberg	Saab 96 V4	8 h : 8 m : 26 s
		2	Stig Blomqvist Hans Sylvan	Saab 96 V4	8 h : 10 m : 2 s
		3	Anders Kulläng Claes-Göran Andersson	Opel Ascona	8 h : 31 m : 10 s
27th International Swedish Rally 11 to 13 February 1977 Round 2 of the 1977 World Rally Championship Round 3 of the 1977 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers	472 km	1	Stig Blomqvist Hans Sylvan	Saab 99 EMS	8 h : 2 m : 17 s
		2	Bror Danielsson Ulf Sundberg	Opel Kadett GT/E	8 h : 8 m : 19 s
		3	Anders Kulläng Bruno Berglund	Opel Kadett GT/E	8 h : 8 m : 32 s
28th International Swedish Rally 10 to 12 February 1978 Round 2 of the 1978 World Rally Championship Round 3 of the 1978 FIA Cup for Rally Drivers	39 stages 615 km	1	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800	6 h : 42 m : 40 s
		2	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Ford Escort RS1800	6 h : 44 m : 8 s
		3	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Fiat 131 Abarth	6 h : 45 m : 26 s
29th International Swedish Rally 16 to 18 February 1979 Round 2 of the 1979 World Rally Championship	38 stages 630 km	1	Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg	Saab 99 Turbo	6 h : 34 m : 49 s
		2	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Ford Escort RS1800	6 h : 36 m : 9 s
		3	Pentti Airikkala Risto Virtanen	Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS	6 h : 39 m : 31 s
30th International Swedish Rally 15 to 17 February 1980 Round 2 of the 1980 World Rally Championship for Drivers	29 stages 414.5 km	1	Anders Kulläng Bruno Berglund	Opel Euro Handler Opel Ascona 400	4 h : 17 m : 52 s
		2	Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg	Saab Scania Saab 99 Turbo	4 h : 19 m : 22 s
		3	Björn Waldegård Hans Thorszelius	Fiat Sweden Fiat 131 Abarth	4 h : 21 m : 39 s
31st International Swedish Rally 13 to 15 February 1981 Round 2 of the 1981 World Rally Championship for Drivers	stages km	1	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Audi Sport Audi Quattro	3 h : 48 m : 7 s
		2	Ari Vatanen David Richards	Rothmans Rally Team Ford Escort RS1800	3 h : 50 m : 0 s
		3	Pentti Airikkala Risto Virtanen	Rothmans Rally Team Ford Escort RS1800	3 h : 51 m : 47 s
32nd International Swedish Rally 12 to 14 February 1982 Round 2 of the 1982 World Rally Championship for Drivers	25 stages 358 km	1	Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport Sweden Audi Quattro	3 h : 40 m : 15 s
		2	Ari Vatanen Terry Harryman	David Sutton Motorsport Ford Escort RS1800	3 h : 42 m : 51 s
		3	Walter Röhrl Christian Geistdörfer	Rothmans Opel Rally Team Opel Ascona 400	3 h : 44 m : 29 s
33rd International Swedish Rally 11 to 13 February 1983 Round 2 of the 1983 World Rally Championship for Drivers	24 stages 466 km	1	Hannu Mikkola Arne Hertz	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A1	4 h : 28 m : 47 s
		2	Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport Audi 80 Quattro	4 h : 29 m : 34 s
		3	Lasse Lampi Pentti Kuukkala	Privateer Audi Quattro A1	4 h : 32 m : 51 s
34th International Swedish Rally 10 to 12 February 1984 Round 2 of the 1984 World Rally Championship for Drivers	27 stages 450 km	1	Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2	4 h : 16 m : 45 s
		2	Michèle Mouton Fabrizia Pons	Audi Sport Audi Quattro A2	4 h : 24 m : 12 s
		3	Per Eklund Dave Whittock	Clarion Audi Quattro A2	4 h : 33 m : 27 s
35th International Swedish Rally 15 to 17 February 1985 Round 2 of the 1985 World Rally Championship	29 stages 505 km	1	Ari Vatanen Terry Harryman	Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	4 h : 38 m : 49 s
		2	Stig Blomqvist Björn Cederberg	Audi Sport Audi Sport Quattro	4 h : 40 m : 38 s
		3	Timo Salonen Seppo Harjanne	Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	4 h : 42 m : 15 s

[edit] 1986 through 1999

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver Co-driver	Team Car	Time
36th International Swedish Rally 14 to 16 February 1986 Round 2 of the 1986 World Rally Championship	30 stages 558 km	1	Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen	Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	5 h : 9 m : 19 s
		2	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta S4	5 h : 11 m : 13 s
		3	Kalle Grundel Benny Melander	Ford Motor Company Ford RS200	5 h : 15 m : 35 s
37th International Swedish Rally 13 to 14 February 1987 Round 2 of the 1987 World Rally Championship	26 stages 400.39 km	1	Timo Salonen Seppo Harjanne	Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD	4 h : 11 m : 0 s
		2	Mikael Ericsson Claes Billstam	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD	4 h : 11 m : 23 s
		3	Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD	4 h : 12 m : 46 s
38th International Swedish Rally 4 to 6 February 1988 Round 2 of the 1988 World Rally Championship	35 stages 491.96 km	1	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Martini Lancia Lancia Delta HF 4WD	5 h : 2 m : 31 s
		2	Stig Blomqvist Benny Melander	Rallysport Sweden Ford Sierra XR 4x4	5 h : 4 m : 8 s
		3	Lars-Erik Torph Tina Thörner	Privateer Audi Coupé Quattro	5 h : 10 m : 3 s
39th International Swedish Rally 6 to 8 January 1989 Round 1 of the 1989 World Rally Championship for Drivers	37 stages 504.47 km	1	Ingvar Carlsson Per Carlsson	Mazda Rally Team Europe Mazda 323 4WD	4 h : 58 m : 15 s
		2	Per Eklund Dave Whittock	Clarion Team Europe Lancia Delta Integrale	4 h : 59 m : 18 s
		3	Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander	Toyota Team Sweden Toyota Celica GT-Four	4 h : 59 m : 57 s
40th International Swedish Rally 16 to 18 February 1991 Round 2 of the 1991 World Rally Championship for Drivers	29 stages 520.01 km	1	Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	4 h : 56 m : 16 s
		2	Mats Jonsson Lars Backman	Toyota Team Europe Toyota Celica GT-Four	4 h : 56 m : 36 s
		3	Markku Alén Ilkka Kivimäki	Subaru Rally Team Europe Subaru Legacy RS	4 h : 57 m : 20 s
41st International Swedish Rally to February 1992 Round 2 of the 19 World Rally Championship for Drivers	stages km	1	Mats Jonsson Lars Backman	Toyota Team Sweden Toyota Celica GT-Four	5 h : 24 m : 37 s
		2	Colin McRae Derek Ringer	Subaru Rally Team Europe Subaru Legacy RS	5 h : 25 m : 16 s
		3	Stig Blomqvist Benny Melander	Nissan Motorsports Nissan Sunny GTI-R	5 h : 26 m : 9 s
42nd International Swedish Rally 12 to 14 February 1993 Round 2 of the 1993 World Rally Championship	28 stages 519.63 km	1	Mats Jonsson Lars Backman	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	4 h : 49 m : 5 s
		2	Juha Kankkunen Juha Piironen	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	4 h : 49 m : 18 s
		3	Colin McRae Derek Ringer	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Legacy RS	4 h : 49 m : 33 s
43rd International Swedish Rally 4 to 6 February 1994 Round 2 of the 1994 FIA 2-Litre World Cup for Manufacturers	24 stages 431 km	1	Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	4 h : 12 m : 0 s
		2	Mats Jonsson Johnny Johansson	Mazda 323 RTR	4 h : 12 m : 12 s
		3	Stig Blomqvist Benny Melander	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	4 h : 12 m : 16 s
44th International Swedish Rally 10 to 12 February 1995 Round 2 of the 1995 World Rally Championship Round 2 of the 1995 FIA 2-Litre World Championship for Manufacturers	25 stages 501 km	1	Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II	4 h : 51 m : 27 s
		2	Tommi Makinen Seppo Harjanne	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II	4 h : 51 m : 39 s
		3	Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Celica GT-Four	h : m : s
45th International Swedish Rally 9 to 11 February 1996 Round 2 of the 1996 World Rally Championship	27 stages 490.64 km	1	Tommi Makinen Seppo Harjanne	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III	4 h : 37 m : 10 s
		2	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort RS Cosworth	4 h : 37 m : 33 s
		3	Colin McRae Derek Ringer	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555	4 h : 38 m : 15 s
46th International Swedish Rally 7 to 10 February 1997 Round 2 of the 1997 World Rally Championship	24 stages 413.45 km	1	Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC	3 h : 51 m : 49 s
		2	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort WRC	3 h : 52 m : 5 s
		3	Tommi Makinen Seppo Harjanne	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV	3 h : 52 m : 15 s
47th International Swedish Rally 6 to 8 February 1998 Round 2 of the 1998 World Rally Championship	19 stages 381.34 km	1	Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV	3 h : 32 m : 51.6 s
		2	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC	3 h : 33 m : 43.2 s
		3	Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo	Ford Motor Company Ford Escort WRC	3 h : 33 m : 50.4 s
48th International Swedish Rally 12 to 14 February 1999 Round 2 of the 1999 World Rally Championship	19 stages 384.3 km	1	Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	3 h : 29 m : 15.6 s
		2	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC	3 h : 29 m : 33.7 s
		3	Thomas Rådström Fred Gallagher	Ford Motor Company Ford Focus WRC	3 h : 29 m : 53.4 s

[edit] 2000 through 2008

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver Co-driver	Team Car	Time
49th International Swedish Rally 11 to 13 February 2000 Round 2 of the 2000 World Rally Championship	19 stages 377.89 km	1	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Esso Sport Peugeot 206 WRC	3 h : 20 m : 33.3 s
		2	Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI	3 h : 20 m : 40.1 s
		3	Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Company Ford Focus WRC	3 h : 20 m : 47.0 s
50th International Swedish Rally 9 to 11 February 2001 Round 2 of the 2001 World Rally Championship	17 stages 379.87 km	1	Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen	Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC	3 h : 27 m : 1.1 s
		2	Thomas Rådström Tina Thörner	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution VI	3 h : 27 m : 29.0 s
		3	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Ford Motor Company Ford Focus WRC	3 h : 27 m : 38.1 s
51st Uddeholm Swedish Rally 1 to 3 February 2002 Round 2 of the 2002 World Rally Championship	16 stages 383.58 km	1	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC	3 h : 7 m : 28.6 s
		2	Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen	Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC	3 h : 8 m : 53.1 s
		3	Carlos Sainz Luis Moya	Ford Motor Company Ford Focus WRC	3 h : 9 m : 54.4 s
52nd Uddeholm Swedish Rally 6 to 9 February 2003 Round 2 of the 2003 World Rally Championship	17 stages 386.91 km	1	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC	3 h : 3 m : 28.1 s
		2	Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC	3 h : 4 m : 18.9 s
		3	Richard Burns Robert Reid	Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC	3 h : 4 m : 46.0 s
53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally 6 to 8 February 2004 Round 2 of the 2004 World Rally Championship	19 stages 394.8 km	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Total Citroën Xsara WRC	3 h : 26 m : 17.7 s
		2	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC	3 h : 27 m : 4.1 s
		3	Petter Solberg Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC	3 h : 27 m : 39.2 s
54th Uddeholm Swedish Rally 11 to 13 February 2005 Round 2 of the 2005 World Rally Championship	20 stages 359.87 km	1	Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC	3 h : 0 m : 52.1 s
		2	Markko Märtin Michael Park	Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC	3 h : 3 m : 3.2 s
		3	Toni Gardemeister Jakke Honkanen	BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus WRC	3 h : 4 m : 6.8 s
55th Uddeholm Swedish Rally 3 to 5 February 2006 Round 2 of the 2006 World Rally Championship	19 stages 349.02 km	1	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus WRC	3 h : 9 m : 1.9 s
		2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC	3 h : 9 m : 32.8 s
		3	Daniel Carlsson Bosse Holmstrand	Privateer Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	3 h : 11 m : 58.7 s
56th Uddeholm Swedish Rally 9 to 11 February 2007 Round 2 of the 2007 World Rally Championship	20 stages 341.2 km	1	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus WRC	3 h : 8 m : 40.7 s
		2	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Total Citroën C4 WRC	3 h : 9 m : 34.5 s
		3	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus WRC	3 h : 10 m : 22.2 s
57th Uddeholm Swedish Rally 7 to 10 February 2008 Round 2 of the 2008 World Rally Championship	20 stages 340.24 km	1	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 07	2 h : 46 m : 41.2 s
		2	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 07	2 h : 47 m : 39.5 s
		3	Gigi Galli Giovanni Bernacchini	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 07	2 h : 49 m : 04.4 s

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