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Volvo Photo Locations Part 269

2013 – Volvo V40 Cross Country near Lake Andsjön in Åre, Jämtland, Sweden

2013 – Volvo V40 Cross Country near Lake Andsjön in Åre, Jämtland, Sweden

2013 – Volvo V40 Cross Country near Lake Andsjön in Åre Jämtland Sweden

2013 – Volvo V40 Cross Country

2017 – Andsjön in Undersåker (Panoramio – Stefan Helsing)

2017 – Andsjön in Undersåker

Andsjön is a lake in Åre kommun in Jämtland and is part of Indalsälvens main basin. The lake has an area of 0,956 square kilometers and is located 512.2 meters above sea level.

The lake is a popular place during winter time for ice drives. Volvo used to invited regularly journalist to this place to test drive cars.

2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country on Andsjön lake

2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country on Andsjön lake

2017 – Volvo XC90 and Volvo V40 Cross Country at Andsjön Sweden

In the winter of 2017, several journalists from all over the world visited this lake to test drive Volvos Cross Country line up: Volvo V90 Cross Country, Volvo XC90 and Volvo V40 Cross Country.

2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country

2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country

2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country

2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country

2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country

Undersåker is a locality situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 438 inhabitants in 2010. Edsåsdalen lies within the Undersåker locality approximately 8 kilometres from the railway station.

Åre Municipality (Swedish: Åre kommun) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Järpen.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of “old” Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker. The largest village, Järpen, situated in Undersåker, was chosen as the seat of the new entity.

Åre (Swedish pronunciation: [o:re]) is a locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,417 inhabitants in 2010. It is however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpen. 25% of the municipal industry is based on tourism, most notably the downhill skiing and biking resorts in Åre and Storlien. The growth in tourism has resulted in the development of hotels, recreational and shopping opportunities in the area.

Tourism in Åre started as King Oscar II in 1882 supervised construction of the railroad to Trondheim in Norway. With this new railroad many people came to Åre to breathe the fresh air and to walk to the top of Åreskutan. They were soon known as “air-guests” (luftgäster).

There was no hotel, but in 1888 Albin Wettergren opened a restaurant by the railroad station. In 1891 Åre Tourist Station opened and even more guests were attracted to the village.

A woman from Östersund saw this increasing tourism as a great opportunity to open a hotel and did so in 1895. It was called “Hotell Åreskutan”. Also Albin Wettergren opened a hotel (“Grand Hotell”). These were only a few of all the hotels that were going to be founded in Åre.

In 1910, the Åre Bergbana was built and was the third one in Sweden after the one in Skansen (1898) and the one in Kirunavaara (1907). This was a more convenient way for the air-guests to reach the top of Åreskutan.

In 2008 the hotel Copperhill Mountain Lodge opened on the top of the Förberget Mountain in Åre, Sweden. Designed by American architect Peter Bohlin it is the only mountain hotel in Scandinavia referred to as a Design Hotel

The airport is situated 99 kilometres eastward, outside Östersund’s core, on the Frösön islet. Åre Östersund Airport is an international airport and the ninth biggest in Sweden with roughly 390 000 passengers 2005. The airport is one of few Swedish airports with incoming foreign charter traffic.

The European route E14 runs through Åre from Trondheim via Östersund to Sundsvall, where it merges with the European route E45.

Åre has also railway communications. Norrtåg operates Mittbanan from Storlien via Östersund to Sundsvall. Östersund is connected to Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö through long distance X 2000 (high speed trains), InterCity and night train.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org, www.bild.de, en.wikipedia.org and www.visitare.com.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 268

1972 Volvo 145 Express Ambulance at Renströmska Villan, former Renströmska sjukhuset on Sanatoriegatan in Kålltorp in Göteborg, Sweden.

2017 – Renströmska Villan, former Renströmska sjukhuset on Sanatoriegatan in Kålltorp in Göteborg, Sweden.

2017 – Renströmska Villan, former Renströmska sjukhuset on Sanatoriegatan in Kålltorp in Göteborg, Sweden.

Renströmska sjukhuset or hospital (also known as Sanatorium at Kålltorp), is a former sanatorium in the city district Kålltorp in Göteborg.

Today, it is known under the name Renströmska Villan. High uo on Sanatoriegatan in Kålltorp is Renströmska villa located. It was built as a sanatorium 1911-1913, designed by Ernst Torulf. The construction was financed by Sven Renström Fund, which supported the “tidiness, soundness and health” in Göteborg. The old castle-like building has been converted to 57 apartments in 2008.

Kålltorp, is district of Göteborg, related district area Örgryte-Härlanda.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org, www.egnahemsbolaget.se, www.gajdarkitekter.se and delsjoomradet.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 267

2016 – Volvo XC60 at Everts Sjöbod on Grönemadsvägen in Grebbestad Sweden (Stefan Isaksson)

2017 – Everts Sjöbod in Grebbestad (evertssjobod.se)

Everts Sjöbod is located on Grönemadsvägen 61 in Grebbestad, north of Göteborg.

They arrange nature experiences with the ocean in focus. On these experiences you have the opportunity to taste all what the ocean have to give. Oysters, crabs, lobsters and shrimps is only a few of the delicious things you can eat here. Enjoy this good food together with a trip in the beautiful archipelago of the Swedish west coast.

The owners are two brothers that grew up in Grebbestad and look forward to share what Bohuslän have to give.

Fisherman Lars Karlsson braves the waters of Grebbestad to catch lobster the traditional Swedish way (Volvo Cars commercial)

Grebbestad is a locality situated in Tanum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. As of 2010, there were 1,401 inhabitants, though this number can increase by as much as ten-fold during the summer. The town is also the harbour where the majority of Norway lobster (in Swedish havskräfta) are landed, as well as oysters.

More information at evertssjobod.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 266

2012 – Volvo S80 2.0 T at Ankarsmedja near Klippan in Göteborg

2012 – Volvo S80 at Ankarsmedja near Klippan in Göteborg

2017 – Ankarsmedja near Klippan in Göteborg (Panoramio)

2017 – Ankarsmedja near Klippan in Göteborg (Google Streetview)

Ankarsmedjan is a building and part of the Klippans kulturreservat in the citypart of Majorna in Göteborg. In the smithy they manufactured anchor and chain to the Ostindiska kompaniets ships, which had its place just around the corner.

The building is believed to be from the 1770’s, but there is no exact date for the construction. According to an oral tradition it would have belonged tot the Älvsborg fästning, but this has not been proved. On a map from 1783 the Ankarsmedja is shown.

Operations in the anchor smithy has varied over the years. The building’s eastern part was conducted recently herring smokehouse and foundry. It was later to be the storehouse for various workshops. Göteborg city renovated the building in the early 1970’s, a brick floor was added, whitewashed walls and a staircase was built up to the loft, which was reduced in size. Architects for the renovation was Forser Bengt Christer Larsson.

Gallery Kusten moved in 1973 from Klippan to Ankarsmedja and stayed there for until 2000. The following year it was taken over by Sjömagasinet restaurant, which has its main location, also around the corner.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org and www.sjomagasinet.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 265

1967 – Volvo 144 S Polis at Basargatan near Kungstorget in Göteborg, Sweden.

2017 – Basargatan at Kungstorget in Göteborg (Google Streetview)

1984 – Katzska huset on Basargatan (www.szmediabild.se)

Basargatan is a street in the district Inom Vallgraven i central Göteborg. It is about 350 meters long, and extends from the Lilla Korsgatan to Kungsportsplatsen. The street even number from 2 to 12 and odd number from 5 to 7.

1901 – Basargatan and Kungstorget in Göteborg

The name was established in 1852 after the bazaar building on the Kungstorget, which was built in 1850 and demolished in 1966. Possibly names Stora and Lilla Bazargatan have occurred (1857, 1864) in all or part of the route.

1940 – Basargatan and Katzhuset at Kungstorget in Göteborg

In 1985 the so-called Katzska house in the southwest corner of the Kungstorget was demolished. Then there was smoke again at the Katzska balcony. For those who were not around ther between the years 1940 and 1970, it is difficult to understand what significance it had. The balcony belonged earlier to the clothing firm Pettersson and Katz and had a very strategic position, facing out towards the square. It became noticed during the spring of 1943. The Second World War lasted, Norway was occupied and in Göteborg planned a soiree in support of Norway and the family Katz whom borrowed happily out their balcony for the event. The balcony became the place where all the major charity concerts took place. Whether it was Karl Gerhard performance in the 40’s, Lapp-Lisa in the 50’s, pop idol Tages in the 60’s or Sten-Åke Cederhök in the 70’s. The advantage with the location was so clear that it could fit many people in the square. Up to 45000 people crowding around the Saluhallen. What most people remember, that was intermittent, was that this year’s Lucia appeared on the balcony. The final Lucia festivity waved there in 1974. The same year the family Katz sold their business and Katzska balcony ceased as the city’s own charity scene. Yet, raised some angry voices when both bosses Katzska house and the house was demolished. It was after all one historic place had disappeared.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org and www.platsr.se

Volvo Photo Locations Part 264

2016 – Volvo S90 at Regeringsgatan (crossing Kungsgatan) in Stockholm

2017 – Bridge of Regeringsgatan over Kungsgatan in Stockholm (Google Streetview)

The Bridge of Regeringsgatan (Swedish: Regeringsgatans bro) or more correctly Bridge of Regeringsgatan over Kungsgatan (Regeringsgatans viadukt över Kungsgatan) is a bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden, taking the street Regeringsgatan (“The Government Street”) over Kungsgatan (“The King’s Street”). It was inaugurated in 1910.

The bridge is a combined arch and beam bridge made of three reinforced concrete beams vaulted underneath and resting on two supports. Its vertical sides dressed in granite, the bridge is 11,1 metres wide with a 6,7 metres wide roadway. In contrast to the parallel bridge Malmskillnadsbron, the Bridge of Regeringsgatan is using three arches to cross Kungsgatan; the central span, 14,5 metres in length, passes over the roadway below; while the two spans on it sides, 5,5 metres in length, passes over the pavements of Kungsgatan. The unwieldy intermediate supports makes effective usage of the street width below impossible, and substituting the present construction have therefore been suggested.

In Swedish the word viadukt is used slightly different than viaduct in English, and can thus signify basically any bridge stretching over land, typically a street or a railway, and itself typically part of a railway or motorway, regardless of the number of spans. Thus, in Swedish the Bridge of Regeringsgatan is therefore officially called a viadukt but name is here translated using the English word “bridge” instead.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 263

1953 – Volvo PV445 Duett at Bjurslätts Torg on Karl Staaffsgatan in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1953 – Volvo PV445 Duett at Bjurslätts Torg on Karl Staaffsgatan in Göteborg

1953 – Volvo PV445 at Bjurslätts Torg in Göteborg (Photo from the Volvo magazine Ratten)

1953 – Volvo PV445 Duett at Bjurslätts Torg on Karl Staaffsgatan in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2017 – Bjurslätts Torg on Karl Staaffsgatan in Göteborg (Flickr)

2017 – Bjurslätts Torg on Karl Staaffsgatan in Göteborg (Google Streetview)

1950 – Bjurslätts Torg on Karl Staaffsgatan in Göteborg

2017 – Bjurslätts Torg on Karl Staaffsgatan in Göteborg (Hitta.se)

Bjurslätts Torg is a place in Tolered in the Lundby area on Hisingen in Göteborg.

In 1949 a town plan for the area around Bjurslätt torg was made by Tage William-Olsson and it was built during the years 1950-1952. Architects of the center facility was Nils Einar Eriksson and Erik Ragndal. It consists of three angle-built three-story longhouses and a tower block on nine floors. The frukt (fruits) store on the photo was located in one of these towers.

Tage William-Olsson (8 June 1888 – 22 August 1960) was a Swedish architect and chief town planning architect of Göteborg. William-Olsson was born in London and was the creator of the important infrastructure-project, the traffic-roundabout Slussen in Stockholm.

Nils Einar Eriksson (19 juli 1899 (Stockholm)- 1978 (Göteborg), was a Swedish functionalist architect (funkisarkitekt) and has also been responsible for the Göteborgs konserthus.

Karl Albert Staaff (21 January 1860 – 4 October 1915) was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party (1907–1915) and served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden (1905–1906 and 1911–1914). The contemporary Swedish Liberal party The Liberals counts him as the first among the more prominent leaders of Swedish 20th century liberalism, followed by such parliamentarians as Nils Edén, Carl Ekman, Nobel Prize laureate Bertil Ohlin, Gunnar Helén, Per Ahlmark and Bengt Westerberg.

More information at en.wikipedia.org.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 262

1970 – Volvo 144 Grand Luxe at Bank Brussels Lambert (BBL) headquarters (today ING Bank) at 24 Avenue Marnix in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪.

1970 – Volvo 144 Grand Luxe at Bank Brussels Lambert (BBL) headquarters (today ING Bank) at 24 Avenue Marnix in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪. (thanks to Per Pettersson)

2017 – ING Bank HQ at 24 Avenue Marnix in Brussels Belgium (Google Streetview)

2017 – ING Bank HQ at 24 Avenue Marnix in Brussels Belgium (Google Streetview)

The headquarters of BBL (now an office of ING Group) was the Bank Lambert-building on Marnixlaan 24, Brussels. This modernist building was the only European building designed by the American architect Gordon Bunshaft making it one of the most important modernist architectural buildings in Belgium.

Gordon Bunshaft, (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990), was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. The long list of his notable buildings includes Lever House in New York, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 140 Broadway (Marine Midland Grace Trust Co.) and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank in New York; the last was the first post-war “transparent” bank on the East Coast.

Bank Brussels Lambert or in french Banque Bruxelles Lambert was a Belgian bank that was created through merger in 1975 and became part of ING Group in 1998. It provided retail and commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in Belgium, together with related financial products such as insurance and asset management.

It was formed by the merger of two existing Belgium banks Banque de Bruxelles and Banque Lambert in 1975 making it at that time the second largest Belgian bank. It was sold to ING Group in 1998 who renamed the subsidiary ING Belgium.

Banque de Bruxelles was founded in 1871 and grew steadily over the ensuing six decades, acquiring interests in other banks in Belgium’s major cities. In 1931, these interests were combined in a single business which operated in traditional banking and in the management of industrial concerns based mainly in Belgium and Africa. Following the reform of the Belgian banking sector in 1934–35, the commercial banking activities were transferred to a new company formed on 30 January 1935 under the same registered name. As required by the reform, this transfer separated the banking and holding company functions.

Banque Lambert had its origins in the banking house founded by the Lambert family, financiers in Belgium since the country’s independence in 1830. After 1945, Banque Lambert rapidly developed its services and network, notably through the merger of a number of privately owned banks.

In 2017, Paul Malfroot from Jakobs Volvo Magazine visited the location with a restored Volvo 144 GL.

More information at www.architectura.be, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bunshaft, www.fundinguniverse.com and about.ing.be.

Thanks to Per Pettersson for finding this Volvo Photo Location!

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 261

1979 – Volvo 245 GL with Joseph Eliasoph at Belgis-Freidel Gallery on 92 Thompson St in SoHo in New York, USA.

1979 – Volvo 245 GL with Joseph Eliasoph at Belgis-Freidel Gallery on 92 Thompson St in SoHo in New York, USA.

2014 – 92 Thompson St in SoHo in Lower Manhattan in New York (Google Streetview)

2009- 92 Thompson St in SoHo in Lower Manhattan in New York (Google Streetview)

Thompson Street is a street in the Lower Manhattan neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and SoHo in New York City, which runs north-south, from Washington Square Park at Washington Square South (West Fourth Street) to the Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) below Grand Street, where the street turns right to Sixth Avenue; it thus does not connect with Canal Street just a half block south of the turning point. It runs parallel to and between Sullivan Street (to the west), and LaGuardia Place (formerly Laurens Street) which becomes West Broadway (to the east).
Vehicular traffic goes southbound.

The street was named for Revolutionary War Brigadier General William Thompson, who served in New York and Canada.

1980 – Volvo 200 series USA Advertisement

The Belgis-Freidel Fine Art Gallery was established in 1977 as one of the early galleries in SoHo. They started at 92 Thompson St in 1977 and have moved around to several locations in Manhattan. Recently, they moved to Long Island, New York and are available by appointment only. They specialize in works on paper. Their inventory includes David Hockney, Jim Dine, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, George Rouault, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and a large collection of original Art Nouveau and Art Deco posters.

Joseph Eliasoph, the man standing with the Volvo 245 in the advertisement really worked at the Belgis-Freidel Gallery in 1980. But he has traded the art-poster business for the more lucrative real estate business, as he mentioned to me, after I found him. Today he is senior managing director at a large real estate company in Queens, Long Island City. He liked the Volvo a lot, it has lasted 220 000 miles with him. Today, he drives a BMW sedan, but there still is a 2014 Volvo Wagon in the family!

1980 – Volvo 200 series USA Advertisement

SoHo, sometimes written Soho, is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, which in recent history came to the public’s attention for being the location of many artists’ lofts and art galleries, but is now better known for its variety of shops ranging from trendy upscale boutiques to national and international chain store outlets. The area’s history is an archetypal example of inner-city regeneration and gentrification, encompassing socio-economic, cultural, political and architectural developments.

The name “SoHo” refers to the area being “South of Houston Street”, and was also a reference to Soho, an area in London’s West End.[4] It was coined by Chester Rapkin, an urban planner and author of The South Houston Industrial Area study, also known as the “Rapkin Report”. This began a naming convention that became a model for the names of emerging and re-purposed neighborhoods in New York such as TriBeCa for “Triangle Below Canal Street”, DUMBO (“Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”), NoHo (“North of Houston Street”), Nolita (“North of Little Italy”) and NoMad (“North of Madison Square”), among others.

Almost all of SoHo is included in the SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District, which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973, extended in 2010, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978. It consists of 26 blocks and approximately 500 buildings,[8] many of them incorporating cast-iron architectural elements. Many side streets in the district are paved with Belgian blocks.

Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) has lived at 180 Thompson Street, he was a famous composer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer, music producer and film director.

More information at en.wikipedia.org and belgisfreidel.com.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 260

1980 – Volvo 264 GLE with Sheldon Rosenfeld at Stack’s Rare Coins on 123 W 57th St in New York USA.

1980 – Volvo 264 GLE with Sheldon Rosenfeld at Stack’s Rare Coins on 123 W 57th St in New York USA.

2017 – Stack’s Rare Gold on 123 W 57th St in Midtown, New York, USA (Google Streetview)

2017 – Stack’s Rare Gold on 123 W 57th St in Midtown, New York, USA (Google Streetview)

Stack’s Rare Coins is located on 123 West 57th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue, just south of the Central Park.

57th Street is one of New York City’s major thoroughfares, which runs as a two-way street east-west in the Midtown section of the borough of Manhattan, from the New York City Department of Sanitation’s dock on the Hudson River at the West Side Highway to a small park overlooking the East River built on a platform suspended above the FDR Drive. Between Fifth and Eighth Avenue, it is two blocks south of Central Park. 57th Street is notable for prestigious art galleries, restaurants and up-market shops.

1980 – Volvo 200 series USA Advertisement

1980 – Volvo 200 series USA Advertisement

Beginning with the construction of One57, a 1,004-foot (306 m) apartment building between Sixth and Seventh Avenues which was completed in 2014, a large number of very tall ultra-luxury residential buildings have been constructed or proposed on the section of 57th Street roughly corresponding to the southern edge of Central Park. Due to the often record-breaking prices that have been set for the apartments in these buildings, the press has dubbed this section of 57th Street as “Billionaires’ Row”. These projects have generated controversy concerning the economic conditions and zoning policies that have encouraged these buildings, as well as the impact these towers will have on the surrounding neighborhoods and the shadows they will cast on Central Park.

More information at en.wikipedia.org and www.stacksbowers.com.