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Volvo Photo Locations Part 148 (Photo by DumbLlama – Eget arbete, CC BY-SA 4.0, Länk) The Ridklubb at Stora Torp is an old horse stable just behind the Stora Torp mansion. Stora Torp is one of the most recognizable buildings in Delsjö area in Örgryte, east of Göteborg. The entrance at the Stora Torp leads […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 147 Artipelag is an art hall outside Stockholm in Sweden. The art hall opened in June 2012. The building and the surrounding landscape was designed by the late architect Johan Nyrén. The building covers an area of approximately 10.000 square meters and includes 3.000 square meters of art galleries and has […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 152 The Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and rangeviews that spans the Tagus River in Parque das Nações in Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It is the longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts), with a total length of 17.2 km, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 146 Kungliga tennishallen is a tennis venue in at the Lidingövägen in Stockholm, Sweden. The stadium was built in 1943 and has a capacity of 5,000. Kungliga tennishallen, now a hard-court surface, remains the venue for the Stockholm Open tournament. In 1975 the venue was the host of the year end […]

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Volvo Photo Locations Part 145 Kvibergs Kaserner is a greater barracks building in the area Kviberg in Göteborg. They are listed buildings under the Heritage Conservation Act since 1 January 1996. The whole environment has a large military, both historically and architecturally value. The central parts of Kvibergs Kaserner was declared in 1971, as a […]

Three of Pehr G Gyllenhammar’s own official Volvo cars are now on display at the Volvo Museum in Göteborg. The new Volvo XC90 and a Volvo 262C from 1981. The Volvo 262C was specially commissioned by Pehr G Gyllenhammar, CEO and President of Volvo from 1971 until 1993. The charismatic head of Volvo wanted his […]

The three concept cars that Volvo presented during the last 9 months were last week for the first time on display in Sweden. Upplands Motor, my Volvo dealer, celebrated their 50-years anniversary with these models in their showroom on May 17 and 18. For me the possibility to take a look (and make a little […]

1985 FIA Formula One Round 11 – Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort, 23-25 August, 1985 With Lauda having announced his retirement at the preceding Austrian Grand Prix, Zandvoort was buzzing with speculation about the driver market. (Report by Tom Prankerd & photography by Guido Fijen) Rosberg had already signed up for the McLaren seat, while Williams […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 144 Glöstorpskyrkan is a church building in Glöstorp in northern Hisingen in Göteborg. It is the parish church in Tuve-Sävedalens parish. The curch is located at Tuve Torg. The church with a parish hall was built in 1976 according to plans by architect Voldemārs Vasilis. On September 5, 1976 the church […]