Årjängstravet

Årjängstravet is a horse racing track for harness racing, located in Årjäng, Värmland County, Sweden. Årjängstravet is known as "the most beautiful harness racing course in Sweden".^[1] Årjängstravet arranges about 20 horse racing events in a year.

History

The course was built in 1936. Eight men transformed a mire to a fully usable kilometer harness racing course using shovels, wheelbarrows and 3-5 North Swedish horses; they completed the building of the track in ten weeks. The men behind the work were: Ossian Jonasson, Gunnar Jonasson, Reidar Jonasson, Cato Kristiansson, Ragnar Alfredsson, Sven Alfredsson, Tyko Kylén and Georg Nilsson.^[2] The premier use of the racetrack was on 30 September, in the same year.

Major events

Årjäng Big Sprinter Race.

References

^ "Årjängstravet | Sveriges vackraste travbana". www.arjangstravet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-10-23.
^ Magnusson, Per O (1986). Från istrav till v65. Årjäng: A. Svanqvist & son, Årjäng. p. 20.

59°23′26.99″N 12°9′38.02″E / 59.3908306°N 12.1605611°E / 59.3908306; 12.1605611

[1] "Årjängstravet | Sveriges vackraste travbana". www.arjangstravet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-10-23.

[2] Magnusson, Per O (1986). Från istrav till v65. Årjäng: A. Svanqvist & son, Årjäng. p. 20.

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