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Volvo Photo Locations Part 71 Volvo Car Corporation Headquarters is located on Assar Gabrielssons väg in Torslanda, on the island Hisingen north of Göteborg. A famous location for Volvo enthusiasts from all over the world. Many streets in this area are named after the founders of the company, Gustav Larson and Assar Gabrielsson or important […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 56 In 1957, the (then) new Volvo vice president, Gunnar Engellau, announced that he had stopped the production of the Volvo Sport P1900 because it was a poor quality Volvo, and not because it was a sports car. He also believed a sports car would be good for Volvo’s reputation in […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 81 Kristinehamn is situated by the shores of lake Vänern. To be precise, it is situated where the small rivers Varnan and Löt drain into the lake. Kristinehamn is located exactly in the middle of Oslo, Stockholm and Gothenburg with 250 km to each of them. By the shores of lake […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 75 In 2005 the photography company Hasselblad moved from central Göteborg to a newly built location on Pumpgatan in a ‘booming’ area known as Lindholmen where the major presence is Chalmers Technical University. The building exterior is quite nondescript industrial design but the interior is well designed and comfortable with attention […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 55 Volvo ÖV 4 is the first car built by Volvo. The designation ÖV4 stands for , “Öppen Vagn 4 cylindrar” in Swedish, which means Open Carriage 4 cylinders. The model ÖV4 was often referred to as “Jakob” but that was just a name for one of the 10 pre-series ÖV4 […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 74 Slottskogen is Göteborg’s main park. See elks, foxes, deer and other Nordic animals in the park zoo. In the summer, there is a petting zoo with piglets and kid goats. Don’t miss feeding time for the seals and penguins. The petting zoo and pony rides are open from April to […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 62 Karlbergs slott or Karlberg Palace is a palace by the Karlberg Canal on the border of Stockholm in Solna. The palace, built in 1630 and the oldest in Solna municipality, today houses the Military Academy Karlberg. Notwithstanding the palace remains a military institution, the park is accessible to the public […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 82 Volvo ÖV 4 is the first car built by Volvo. The designation ÖV4 stands for , “Öppen Vagn 4 cylindrar” in Swedish, which means Open Carriage 4 cylinders. The model ÖV4 was often referred to as “Jakob” but that was just a name for one of the 10 pre-series ÖV4 […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 73 Caltex (name formed by California and Texas) was an American oil company. Caltex Oil was formed as a joint venture in the 1930s as a collaboration initiated between the U.S. The Texas Company, Texaco, who also was active in Europe and needed a partner for oil deliveries to refineries there, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 61 The Älvsborgsborn or Älvsborg Bridge is a suspension bridge over Göta älv in Gothenburg, Sweden, which connects the north and the south part of the city. It was built in 1966 and designed by Sven Olof Asplund. The total length of the bridge is 933 metres and distance between the […]