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Volvo Photo Locations Part 270 Sockerbruket at Klippan in Göteborg is a former industrial complex that was used for the sugar production. Klippan is an area alongside the river Götaälven in the western part of Göteborg, near Älvsborgsbron. Klippan is located in the district of Majorna. The name Klippan or Ekenäsklippan is considered to be […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 268 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 […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 266 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 […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 265 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. The name was established in 1852 after the bazaar […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 263 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 […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 257 Byfogdegatan is a street in Gamlastaden in Göteborg, Sweden. In 1964, the Swedish phone company Televerket had their warehouse in this building. The persons in the photo were actually working there and were employed by Televerket. Today, at this place Nostalgicum museum, a vintage museum is located. In this 1950’s […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 255 Göteborg Landvetter Airport is an international airport serving the Göteborg region in Sweden. With 6.2 million passengers in 2015 it is Sweden’s second-largest airport after Stockholm-Arlanda. Landvetter is also an important freight airport. During 2007, 60,100 tonnes of air cargo passed through Landvetter, about 60% of the capacity of Arlanda. […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 252 Säve Flygplats is located north of Göteborg. Volvo had in some of the hangars stored a large collection of old Volvo cars and trucks. With the opening of the Volvo Museum in Arendal, Volvo moved most of the cars and trucks away from the hangars at Säve airport. In 1963, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 250 Delsjö Golfklubb is located on Gamla Boråsvägen in Göteborg, Sweden. The club was founded in 1962 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Gothenburg. The course is situated in the beautiful natural reserve “Delsjöområdet”. The course was designed by Douglas Brasier and Frank Pennink and opened in 1965. […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 246 Teknologgatan is a street in Nedre Johanneberg in Göteborg. A first urban plan for the area was drawn up in 1904 but this was completely redesigned by the city engineer A Lilienberg and a new plan was established in 1917. Typical of the Lilienbergska plan is “Storgårds Quarter” and the […]