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Volvo Photo Locations Part 143 ‘Villa at Amundön’ is a house designed by the famous Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh from Wingårdh Arkitektkontor in Brottkärr, Hovås south of Göteborg in Sweden. Special in its proximity to the water, the design utilizes the conditions of the site to incorporate the surrounding landscape into the interior as well […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 150 Zagato is an independent coachbuilding company and total design center located northwest of Milan in the Terrazzano frazione of Rho, Lombardy, Italy. The Zagato factory have produced two prototypes for Volvo, in 1969 a Volvo GTZ (2+2 Coupé) based on a Volvo 142S and in 1970 a Volvo GTZ […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 148 Berners Street is a street in London, where today on number 50 is the Sanderson Hotel. About the hotel: The Sanderson Hotel was constructed on Berners Street, London during 1958 as the new headquarters and showroom for Arthur Sanderson and Sons, manufacturers of wallpaper, fabrics and paint for its […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 142 Lindstedtsvägen in Stockholm is a street at the Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH) campus in Stockholm. The Volvo in the photo is the famous ‘Nordbergscabben’, a one off convertible on a 445-chassis built by Gustaf Nordbergs Vagnfabrik in Stockholm. The convertible was built on one of the first 500 445-chassis according […]

Sweden has had many succesfull Formula One drivers in the past. Marcus Ericsson was the last Swedish Formula One driver. He was active as a driver from 2014 until 2018. In 2019 Marcus was only reserve (or 3rd driver) and never raced that year in F1. Marcus was the first since 23 years after Stefan […]

Marcus Ericsson (born 2 September 1990) is an active Formula One driver, participating in Formula One in 2015 for Sauber F1 after his debute in 2014 for Caterham F1. After a successful début in car racing in 2007 which saw him take the British Formula BMW title with Fortec Motorsport, he moved up into the […]

Stefan (Nils Edwin) Johansson (born 8 September 1956 in Växjö) participated in Formula One between 1980 and 1991. He drove in Formula One for Shadow, Spirit, Tyrrell, Toleman, Ferrari, McLaren, Onyx, AGS and Footwork. Having got himself into several front-running F1 cars, the likeable Johansson never quite managed to make the most of his opportunities. […]

Slim Borgudd (born November 25, 1946) participated in Formula One in 1981 and 1982.He raced for the ATS and Tyrrell teams. Once the drummer with Swedish pop band ABBA, Tommy ‘Slim’ Borgudd only began to race seriously when he was in his thirties, but that didn’t stop him impressing in both the Swedish and European […]

Conny Andersson (born 28 December 1939 in Alingsås, Sweden) participated in Formula One during 1976 and 1977 for the Surtees and BRM teams. The Stockholm racer must have thought he’d never get an F1 chance after spending seven years in Formula Three, but finally, after being pipped to the European title by a young Riccardo […]

Gunnar Nilsson (20 November 1948 (Helsingborg) – 20 October 1978) entered 32 Formula One Grand Prix races, qualifying for all of them. He won once, at the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix. He participated in Formula One during 1976 and 1977 for John Player Team Lotus. Gregarious Gunnar was a relative latecomer to motor racing, but […]