Swedish Hall of Fame
Some people well deserves a tribute or award for their great achievements.
The Mooneyes Sweden company has yearly since 2009 the price "Lifetime achievement award" within the motor hobby.
It is given at the "Rat Fink Reunion" event in Avesta. The price has been in collaboration with Gasoline Magazine and since 2017 with Wheels Magazine.
- 2009: Lennart Djurberg. One of Swedens first Hot Rodder.
- 2010: Anders Lantz. Pioneer in Swedish Dragracing, today a Hotrodder.
- 2011: Göran Ambell. Founder of Wheels Magazine and SFRO.
- 2012: Sture Torngren. Founder of Wheels Magazine and SFRO.
- 2013: Sven Sandberg & Bo Sandberg. Pioneers in Swedish Rod & Custom.
- 2014: "Tolle" Torbjörn Dehnisch. "Father of the Swedish Chopper stance". Innovation genius.
- 2015: Jöran Persåker. Legendary Dragracer and Speed shop owner.
- 2016: Anders "Charley" Karling. Harley racing and custom bike builder.
- 2017: Olof "Professorn" Svenningsson. Legendary editor and street racer.
- 2018: Lasse Theander. Driving force behind several car shows, e.g. Elmia Custom Car Show.
- 2019: Leif "Marlon" Larsson. SFRO man from the start. Founder of Custom Bike Show Norrtälje.
- 2020: Cancelled due to Covid-19.
- 2021: Cancelled due to Covid-19.
In 2015, Gasoline Magazine awarded specifically Bosse Kasby, Janne Bellander and Lennart Djurberg into their "Hall of Fame".
The club SSRA appointed in 2019 awards for persons who has "Strongly contributed to SSRA and the Hot Rod hobby" and became honorary members:
- Ingemar Becker
- Bengt Björkman and wife Inger "Maja" Brink
- Sven Sandberg and wife Maud
- Sture Torngren
- Göran Ambell
- Karl-Ola Englund
- Gunnar Östling
- Per Lemoine
- Nalle Rönnlund
- Tomas Sundler
- Tommy Schutz
- Bo Bertilsson
Each year, since 1998, SSRA also appoints "SSRA Rod of the year" as well as "Rodder of the year", since 1983.
| Year | SSRA Rod of the year | SSRA Rodder of the year |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Lennart Thedin | |
| 1984 | Christer Karlsson | |
| 1985 | Bengt Björkman | |
| 1986 | Anders Hessman | |
| 1987 | Tommy Andersson | |
| 1988 | Husie Hotters | |
| 1989 | Sture Torngren | |
| 1990 | Lennart Hellsing | |
| 1991 | Mats-Ola 'Lången' Larsson | |
| 1992 | Micke Fors | |
| 1993 | Göran Ambell | |
| 1994 | Bo 'Gamen' Sandberg | |
| 1995 | N/A | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1997 | Uffe Andersson | |
| 1998 | Ford Coupé 1938, Janne Pellbrink Västerås | Tommy Claesson |
| 1999 | Ford Coupé 1934, Thomas Johansson Sthlm | Johnny 'B Good' Nilsson |
| 2000 | A-Ford Coupé 1930, Martin Lundqvist Sthlm | Lasse & Lotta Jansson |
| 2001 | Ford Coupé 1938, Heavy Strömer Norrköping | Nalle Rönnlund |
| 2002 | Ford 5W Coupé 1932, Håkan Karlén Sthlm | Ingemar Becker |
| 2003 | Ford Victoria 1932, Jens Madsen Mora | Tony Åberg |
| 2004 | Ford Coupé 1936, Henrik Bergman Borås | Martin Andersson |
| 2005 | Ford 5W Coupé, 1932 Bengt Ekström Karlstad | Pelle 'Pastell' Karlsson |
| 2006 | N/A | Johan Mansfeld |
| 2007 | A-Ford Coupé 1929, Niklas Nygren Bjursås | Heavy Strömer |
| 2008 | Chevy Coach 1927, Sven Billred Vetlanda | Henri 'Frasse' Lübke |
| 2009 | Ford Roadster 1932, Lollo Pettersson Norrköping | Lars-Erik Lindberg |
| 2010 | A-Ford Coupé 1930, Niklas Nygren Bjursås | Kent Olsson |
| 2011 | Ford Roadster 1936, Jörgen Carlestig Borås | Lasse Brandow |
| 2012 | Ford Pickup 1940, Lasse Johansson Göteborg | Flat Mountain Rodders |
| 2013 | Ford Roadster 1932, Ronny Andersson Hörby | Anders 'Fenton' Svensson |
| 2014 | Ford 3W Coupé 1936, Benny Karlsson Munkedal | Martin Lundkvist |
| 2015 | Willys Coupé 1939, Sven Billred Vetlanda | Stefan Svensson |
| 2016 | Ford Tudor 1932, Patrick Pettersson Umeå | Mikael Sundin |
| 2017 | Ford 3W Coupé 1936, Thomas Bengtsson Sjömarken | Tommy Schutz |
| 2018 | Ford 5W Coupé 1932, Stefan Persson Umeå | Outback Rodders |
| 2019 | Ford Tudor 1934, Ronny H Berg Huskvarna | Thomas Sundler |
| 2020 | Willys Coupé, Stefan Persson Umeå | Bengt-Göran Karlsson |
| 2021 | Ford Tudor 1931, Christian Meinking Södertälje | Dennis Svensson |
| 2022 | Ford 3Win Coupé 1934, Gunnar Elmqvist, Sundbyberg | Björn Smith |
| 2023 | Ford 3Win Coupé 1932, Ulf Kajgård, Bjursås | Dan Nilsson |
| 2024 | Ford Roadster 1932, Mikael Saxfors, Gusum | TBD |
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