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Volvo Photo Locations Part 407

2018 – Volvo S60 Inscription on Vätterleden E4 between Gränna and Husqvarna near Gisebo and Gunneryd in Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Vätterleden E4 between Gränna och Huskvarna (Google Streetview)

1985 – Volvo 740 GL on Vätterleden E4 between Gränna and Husqvarna near Gisebo and Gunneryd in Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Vätterleden E4 between Gränna och Huskvarna (Google Streetview)

Vätterleden is called the motorway (road E4) between Jönköping and Ödeshög. The road was inaugurated in stages in 1960, 1964 and 1972. It crosses Lake Vättern and runs close to the water along the cliffs. This road is considered one of Sweden’s most beautiful motorways.

Making of Vätterleden

1966 – Vätterleden

Around Gränna it goes high over Lake Vättern with a very nice view. Here it is one of Sweden’s highest motorways, about 280 m above sea level and 190 m above Lake Vättern.

At the Vätterleden are also the very well-visited rest areas Gyllene Uttern and Brahehus where there is a view of Lake Vättern.

More information on sv.wikipedia.org and youtube.com.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 406

1964 – Volvo Amazon at Gräfsnäs slottsruin in Alingsås, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Gräfsnäs slottsruin in Alingsås (Google Streetview)

Gräfsnäs slottsruin is located at Kungsallén in Sollebrunn near Alingsås, Sweden.

It is easy to understand why Gräfsnäs castle ruin is one of the most popular attractions in the area. Here you can find a beautiful park, a big playground for children, beaches and a café.

The castle was built around year 1550 and has been an important place ever since. The castle has been qravaged by fire several times during the years, last in 1834. After that, the castle has gradually turned into a ruin.

During summer, the park lives up and there is a lot of activities going on. For example exhibitions with vintage cars, jousting events and concerts. This is also a perfect spot to have a picnic with friends and family. The whole park is very popular amongst children because of the playground, the beach, the short “love-trail” around the castle and the big, open spaces where they can run free.

More information on vastsverige.com and sv.wikipedia.org.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 405

1997 – Volvo V70 at Näsinge Flygplats on Flygplats 1 in Strömstad, Sweden 🇸🇪
(Photography by Claes Axstål)

2022 – Näsinge Flygplats in Strömstad

2022 – Näsinge Flygplats in Strömstad

2022 – Näsinge Flygplats in Strömstad

2022 – Näsinge Flygplats in Strömstad

Näsinge Flygplats or Strömstads Airport is located on Flygplats 1 in Strömstad, Sweden.

Näsinge parish in Bohuslän was part of Vette district, became part of Strömstad municipality since 1971.
During the municipal reform of 1862, the parish’s responsibility for ecclesiastical issues passed to Näsinge parish and for bourgeois issues, Näsinge county municipality was formed. The county municipality was incorporated in 1952 into Vette county municipality which in 1967 amounted to the city ​​of Strömstad which in 1971 was transformed into Strömstad municipality. The parish was in 2002 in Idefjordens parish.

On 1 January 2016, the Näsinge district was established, with the same scope as the parish had in 1999/2000.

Strömstad Municipality (Strömstads kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Strömstad.

The municipality got its present boundaries in 1967, when the City of Strömstad was merged with the two adjacent rural municipalities Tjärnö and Vette. Vette had been created in 1952 out of four older entities.

Strömstad Municipality is located on the Norwegian border and is known to attract large numbers of shoppers from Norway due to the marked price gap, notably in the tax-burdened alcohol and tobacco, but also groceries such as meat and sugar. There are also a great deal to save on automotive services.

More information on stromstadtourist.se and stromstadflygklubb.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 404

2016 – Volvo V40 & V40 Cross Country at IKEA IT Sockerbruket on Sjögatan in Helsingborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Sockerbruket on Sjögatan in Helsingborg (Google Streetview)

2016 – Volvo XC60 and XC90 at Sockerbruket on Sjögatan in Helsingborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2016 – Volvo XC60 and XC90 at Sockerbruket on Sjögatan in Helsingborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2016 – Volvo XC90 at Sockerbruket on Sjögatan in Helsingborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Sockerbruket on Sjögatan in Helsingborg (Google Streetview)

Sockerbruket is located on Sjögatan in Helsingborg, Sweden. Today, it is the location of IKEA IT.

Helsingborg is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania, Sweden. It has 113,816 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in Skåne (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden. Helsingborg is the centre of the northern part of western Skåne and Sweden’s closest point to Denmark: the Danish city Helsingør is clearly visible about 4 km to the west on the other side of the Øresund. The HH Ferry route across the sound has more than 70 car ferry departures from each harbour every day.

Historic Helsingborg, with its many old buildings, is a scenic coastal city. The buildings are a blend of old-style stone-built churches and a 600-year-old medieval fortress (Kärnan) in the city centre, and more modern commercial buildings. The streets vary from wide avenues to small alley-ways. Kullagatan, the main pedestrian shopping street in the city, was the first pedestrian shopping street in Sweden.

Helsingborg is a major regional centre of trade, transport and business. In 2001 Campus Helsingborg, a branch of University of Lund, opened in the former Tretorn rubber factory buildings, founded by Henry Dunker. Three ferry companies take people and cargo to and from Denmark around the clock. The route is popular with day-trippers going to Helsingør or Copenhagen, or simply enjoying the views from the ferries. IKEA, the retailer of furniture and home interiors, has its international corporate headquarters in Helsingborg. Nicorette, the nicotine chewing gum, has a manufacturing plant there. Ramlösa is a mineral water from Ramlösa Brunn, a southern suburb of the city. Mobile phone developer Spectronic is also situated in Helsingborg. The online custom clothing retailer Tailor Store Sweden AB has its offices in Helsingborg. Zoégas, a major coffee company, has been located here since the 1800s.

More information on en.wikipedia.org and kukkolaforsen.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 403

2021 – Volvo XC60 Recharge at Gillberga Natur- och Kulturbrott near Gillberga in Löttorp on Öland, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2021 – Volvo XC60 Recharge at Gillberga Natur- och Kulturbrott near Gillberga in Löttorp on Öland, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2021 – Volvo XC60 Recharge at Gillberga Natur- och Kulturbrott near Gillberga in Löttorp on Öland, Sweden 🇸🇪.
Great photography for Volvo Cars by Hans Strand!

2022 – Gillberga Natur- och Kulturbrott in Löttorp on Öland

2022 – Gillberga Natur- och Kulturbrott in Löttorp on Öland

2022 – Gillberga Natur- och Kulturbrott in Löttorp on Öland

Gillberga Natur- och Kulturbrott is located near Gillberga in Löttorp on Öland, Sweden.

A quarry where mining is taking place that supplies the stone industry in Sanvik with materials. In summer, cultural events also take place here from a stage that is set up next to the high limestone wall.

The place is well signposted from the coastal road and road 136. In the quarry there are information signs that describe the limestone’s exciting natural and cultural history. Fantastic views of Stenkusten , Kalmarsund and Blå Jungfrun frame the place.

The limestone on the site was formed during the Ordovician, ie a geological period that began about 480 million years ago and lasted until about 440 million years ago. Our continent was then south of the equator and in the then sea limestone sludge and remains of shell-bearing animals fell to the bottom. Over time, shells and limestone sludge were compressed into the rock limestone. It was slow processes. Geologists estimate that every millimeter of limestone represents about 1000 years. Here in Gillberga quarry, the walls are 17 meters high, ie they represent about 17 million years in the earth’s development. The color of the limestone varies from gray to red.

More information on alltpaoland.se and oland.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 402

1992 – Volvo 240 GL on Ölandsbron or Ölandsleden in Kalmar, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Ölandsbron towards Kalmar (Google Streetview)

The Ölandsbron is a road bridge connecting Kalmar on mainland Sweden to Färjestaden on the island of Öland to its east. At 6,072 meters (19,921 ft) long, it is one of the longest in Europe. It is supported by 156 pillars, and has a characteristic hump at its western end which was created to provide a vertical clearance of 36 m for shipping.

While the Oresund Bridge linking Sweden with Denmark is longer overall, the Öland Bridge is the longest entirely in Swedish territory.

The Öland Bridge was inaugurated on 30 September 1972. Construction took 4.5 years, and about 100,000 cubic meters of concrete was used. The bridge was also prepared for transporting fresh water from the mainland to Öland. The bridge project received much support, but there were also protests. The main objection was that the bridge would threaten the environment, possibly causing a huge influx of tourists to Öland and its vulnerable and precious nature.

More information on sv.wikipedia.org and oland.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 401

1989 – Volvo 760 GLE at Södra Hamnplan in Färjestaden on Öland, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Södra Hamnplan in Färjestaden on Öland (Google Streetview)

Södra Hamnplan is located in Färjestaden on Öland, Sweden.

Färjestaden is a locality situated in Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 5,018 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the southern part on the island of Öland. Färjestaden, literally The Ferry Town, is named after the ferries that used to be the only connection to the mainland. Nowadays the car-bridge Ölandsbron connects the mainland with the island, and Färjestaden has had an impressive population increase, making it several times bigger than the town Mörbylånga.

In the city center of Färjestaden there is a shopping mall with, among other things, a pharmacy, grocery store and local library.

More information on sv.wikipedia.org and morbylanga.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 400

1962 – Volvo P1800 at waterfalls towards Grövelsjön at Storsätern near Idre, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1962 – Volvo P1800 at waterfalls towards Grövelsjön at Storsätern near Idre, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Waterfalls towards Grövelsjön (Google Streetview)

This location is at the waterfalls along the road Grövelsjön south of Storsätern near Idre, Sweden.

Where the public road ends the mountains will extend out in front of you. Birches, heather moorland, streams and rolling soft mountains. You will find hiking trails that will lead you over the mountains and through the valleys. Put on your hiking boots and backpack for a lovely day trip on Långfjället, a great way to experience Grövelsjön during the warmer summer or the colourful autumn. If you love fishing, there are many beautiful lakes in the area, both for the beginner and the more advanced fisherman. How about trying to fill the fly-fishing quota in Storån which attracts the shimmering trout?

If you enjoy the cold white snow and freezing temperatures, then the winter and spring are the thing for you. There are prepared cross-country skiing trails in all directions, and if that is not enough you can always go out on your own and break your own trails. In late winter when the sun shines it is easy to slide down the slopes, maybe try some alpine skiing when there are three lifts available here or why not take the tracked vehicle up the mountain? In Grövelsjön there are also opportunities to meet the Sami people, listen to their stories and maybe try feeding a reindeer. Do not forget to taste the local food that brings both joy and energy to every new day and mountain adventure. No matter what season you visit Grövelsjön – you will enjoy every moment!

More information on visitdalarna.se and grovelsjon.com.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 399

2014 – Volvo XC70 at Kukkolaforsen Stuggor at Kukkolaforsen in Haparanda in Norrbotten, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2014 – Volvo XC70 at Kukkolaforsen Stuggor at Kukkolaforsen in Haparanda in Norrbotten, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Kukkolaforsen Stuggor at Kukkolaforsen in Haparanda (Google Streetview)

Kukkolaforsen Stuggor is located at the Kukkolaforsen in Haparanda, Norrbotten in Sweden.

The family business Kukkolaforsen Tourism & Conference Ltd. is run by the Spolander family. We have been active, in various ways, in the area for over five generations. Through lots of hard work, we are continuously improving our specialities: gourmet fare, saunas and conferences. Not long ago we had a shift in generations within the business.

Johannah is the daughter in the house, and together with her husband Martin and her brother Mathias they have continued the tradition, and it is now their goal to continue to develop and run Kukkolaforsen Tourism & Conference.

“We will continue to do everything we can to satisfy our customers and offer the best, personalised service possible”.

Kukkolaforsen Tourism & Conference Ltd. is a conference, experience and knowledge centre in the Torne Valley. The spirit of the region is presented by the rustic accommodation, the various sauna experiences, and the rewarding fishing opportunities.

Kukkolaforsen is a rapids in the Torne River on the border between Sweden and Finland. The rapids are located by Finnish Kukkola and Swedish Kukkola, 15 kilometers north of Haparanda and Tornio, next to National Road 99 and European Road 8. The rapids are 3.5 kilometers long and have a drop of about 14 meters.

Kukkolaforsen is a natural attraction in Tornedalen. In summer, whitefish are hauled out of the river, and the whitefish festival at Kukkolaforsen dates back to the Middle Ages and traditionally falls on the weekend after Jacob’s Day. This is when the river whitefish begins its migration from the sea up the Torne river. The fact that the fish’s spawning period is so time-bound is also the reason why its arrival has been noticed since the Middle Ages; the modern celebration first started sometime in the 1960s.

Kukkolaforsen was formed between the beginning of our era and the year 1000, as the land uplift made the area above sea level.

More information on sv.wikipedia.org and kukkolaforsen.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 398

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2002 – Volvo XC90 AWD at Icehotel on Marknadsvägen in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2022 – Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna (Google Streetview)

2022 – Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna (Google Streetview)

2022 – Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna, during summer season (Google Streetview)

The Icehotel is a hotel rebuilt each year with snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjärvi, in northern Sweden, about 17 kilometres from Kiruna. It is the world’s first ice hotel.

After its first opening in 1990, the hotel has been rebuilt each year from December to April. The hotel, including the chairs and beds, is constructed from snow and ice blocks taken from the nearby Torne River. Artists are invited to create different rooms and decorations made of ice. Besides bedrooms, there is a bar, with glasses made of ice and an ice chapel that is popular with marrying couples. The structure remains below freezing, around −5 °C.

Two hundred kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, you’ll find the world-famous Icehotel. Each icy room is an art installation showcasing the designs of some of the world’s most talented artists. Since 1989, the hotel – located in the village of Jukkasjärvi – has expanded to become a year-round hub for outdoor activities and inspired dining experiences.

With its breathtaking landscapes and proximity to the northern city of Kiruna, Jukkasjärvi has always been a popular summer destination. However, back in 1989, inspired by the Japanese tradition of ice sculpting, villager Yngve Bergqvist set out to create a wintertime attraction. His ice sculpting workshop, on the banks of the Torne River, was an instant success.

The following year saw the construction of Jukkasjärvi’s first ice structure, a 60 square metre igloo that served as an art gallery, cleverly dubbed ARTic Hall. Year after year, ARTic Hall was built anew, growing to an impressive 250 square metres. Then, one fateful night, a party armed with reindeer skins and sleeping bags asked if they might spend the night inside its icy walls. Thus, Icehotel – the first ice hotel in the world – was born.

Now, 32 years later, Icehotel is one of the world’s top attractions, drawing visitors from around the globe who are eager to tick this truly unique experience off their bucket lists.

As Icehotel continues to grow, it keeps sustainability at the forefront of its development. The hotel is working towards a goal of becoming CO2 negative, utilising sustainable building materials, solar panels to regulate temperature and ice sourced directly from the Torne river – returning to its source as it thaws each spring.

Sub-zero craftmanship and arctic artistry
Each year, as the river freezes over, the Icehotel is reborn. Starting in November, around 40 artists from varying countries and creative disciplines gather in Jukkasjärvi to bring their innovative designs to life. From water to ice to art, six weeks later, the transformation is complete. By now, more than 500 artists have contributed to the various incarnations of Icehotel – chiselling, scraping and shaping the ice into works of art reflecting their extraordinary artistic visions.

More information on visitsweden.com, en.wikipedia.org and icehotel.com.