Swedish Grand Prix
Scandinavian Raceway
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell |
| 2 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus |
| 3 | Chris Amon | Ensign |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
| 8 | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 9 | Ronnie Peterson | March |
| 10 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 11 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari |
| 12 | Tom Pryce | Shadow |
| 13 | Jochen Mass | McLaren |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow |
| 15 | Vittorio Brambilla | March |
| 16 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 17 | John Watson | Penske |
| 18 | Alan Jones | Surtees |
| 19 | Arturo Merzario | March |
| 20 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March |
| 21 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi |
| 22 | Larry Perkins | Boro |
| 23 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh |
| 24 | Brett Lunger | Surtees |
| 25 | Michel Leclère | Wolf |
| 26 | Loris Kessel | Brabham-Ford |