The 1961 Swedish speedway season was the 1961 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.
The 1961 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 22 September in Stockholm. Björn Knutson won the Swedish Championship.
Winner - Willihard Thomsson
Vargarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the sixth time.
The Vargarna team contained Björn Knutson, Joel Jansson, Sören Sjösten and Per-Tage Svensson.
With 14 teams lining up for the 1961 season the second division was split into a north and south competition. Folkare won the second division north and Kaparna B won the second division south. ÃÂlgarna changed their name to Gävle.