Overview
Event Name: 1961 Svenska Rallyt till Midnattssolen (Swedish Rally to the Midnight Sun)
Date: June 13–17, 1961
Start Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Finish Location: Karlstad, Sweden
Total Starters: 199 crews
Round 5 of the 1961 European Rally Championship, the Swedish summer rally featured fast and flowing gravel stages stretching across central Sweden. With long days of sunlight and extended driving hours, crews battled fatigue, dust, and mechanical wear on a wide variety of gravel terrain.