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Jan Flinterman (2 October 1919 – 26 December 1992) was a distinguished Dutch air force pilot during World War II and a racing driver. Together with Dries van der Lof, he was the first driver from the Netherlands to compete in Formula One.

1952 – Jan Flinterman in the Maserati A6GCM from Escuderia Bandeirantes

Flinterman participated in one World Championship Grand Prix, the 1952 Dutch Grand Prix on 17 August 1952. When he had to retire his Maserati with a failure of the rear axle, he was able to take over the similar car of his team mate, Chico Landi. Flinterman finished the race in ninth place, scoring no championship points.

1966 – Jan Flinterman

Flinterman died in Leiden in December 1992.

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More information on this first Dutch Grand Prix on second-a-lap.blogspot.se.

Overview Dutch Formula One drivers:

Jan Flinterman (1952)
Dries van der Lof (1952)
Carel Godin de Beaufort (1957 – 1964)
Ben Pon (1962)
Rob Slotemaker* (1962)
Gijs van Lennep (1971 – 1975)
Roelof Wunderink (1975)
Boy Hayje (1976 – 1977)
Michael Bleekemolen (1977 – 1978)
Jan Lammers (1979 – 1992)
Huub Rothengatter (1984 – 1986)
Jos Verstappen (1994 – 2003)
Robert Doornbos (2004 – 2006)
Christijan Albers (2005 – 2007)
Giedo van der Garde (2008 – 2014)
Robin Frijns* (2013 – 2014)
Max Verstappen (2014 – …)
Nyck de Vries (2022 – …)

This wonderfull artwork from the swedish west coast is by Thomas Olsson, an illustrator from Göteborg whom earlier has worked as a teacher at the Berghs School of Communication but has been a specialist in the creation of retro images from the 40 and 50s.

I love these images!!

These images can be ordered at the webshop of Göteborgs Posten.

More amazing Formula One graphics from Evan Decrin on his website: deciren.altervista.org.

Prince Carl Philip Bernadotte – Volvo Polestar Racing

Emma Kimiläinen – PWR Tacing Team Saab

Ohlsson, Bernadotte and Larsson

Prince Carl Philip Bernadotte – Volvo Polestar Racing

Fredrik Ekblom, Prince Carl Philip Bernadotte & Thed Björk – Volvo Polestar Racing

Mattias Lindberg – Team Kia

Volvo S60 – Volvo Polestar Racing

Andreas Wernersson leads ahead of Mattias Andersson, Emma Kimiläinen and Linus Ohlsson

Bernadotte, Björk, Jonsson and Ekblom

Volvo S60 Polestar Racing from Bernadotte on its way back to the pits

More photos from 2014 STCC SEMCON Race Solvalla

Sculpture at Pilane, as it’s called, is set on an ancient burial ground featuring 90 “judgment circles” that date back to the middle Iron Age (0-600 A.D.).

When the inland ice melted here 10,000 years ago, Pilane became an island of its own. It’s now part of the much larger isle of Tjorn and has been inhabited continuously since the Stone Age. This ancient landscape became the setting for contemporary art from 2007.

Pilane combines the remnants of past civilizations with contemporary art. It is emerging art and nature, and sometimes it is hard to see what is the art and what is the nature.

Minnen (2014) from Jan Järlehed, Sweden

Elefantstolar (2014) from Ylva Kullenberg (Sweden)

Fritt Fram (2014) from Jan Järlehed (Sweden)

A&E Monkey (2012) from Laura Ford (UK)

Days of Judgement (2012) from Laura Ford (UK)

Versus (2014) from Tony Cragg (UK)

Porte (2013) from Karl Chilcott (Sweden)

Bedtime Boy (2013) from Laura Ford (UK)

Rays (2014) from Xavier Veilhan (France)

The Shark (2008) from Xavier Veilhan (France)

Self Portrait of Inner Turmoil (2014) from Jacob Dahlgren (Sweden)

Läsvra Med Utsikt (2013) from Claes Hake (Sweden)

Horizontal Rectangles And The Awareness Of Perfection (2014) from Jacob Dahlgren (Sweden)

See my album for more photos..

More information on Pilane.org

Volvo Photo Locations Part 149

2015 – Volvo XC90

2015 – Volvo XC90

2014 – Bastugatan on Södermalm in Stockholm (Google Streetview)

2014 – Bastugatan on Södermalm in Stockholm (Google Streetview)

2001 – Volvo S60 on Bastugatan near Bellmansgatan on Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2023- Bastugatan on Södermalm in Stockholm (Google Streetview)

Bastugatan is a street on Södermalm in Stockholm. Stretching at Mariaberget in east-west direction, between Södermälarstrand and Hornsgatan and is about 600 meters long. In the east meets Bastugatan Pryssgränd.

Today there is only one Bastugatan (or Sauna Street in English) in Stockholm but previously there were many badstugor and sauna named streets in the Gamla Stan, on Norrmalm and Södermalm.

Iron Bridge over Bastugatan leads to Mariahissen 1880s.

Mariahissen is a building and a no longer active elevator at Södermälarstrand 21 on Södermalm in Stockholm. The lift is 28 meters high and connects Mariaberget with Riddarfjärden south shore.

Mariahissen at the foot of Mariaberget was built in 1885 and designed by architect Gustaf Dahl. He gave the building a neo-Gothic style with pointed-arch windows, battlements and turrets. Mariahissens pointy tower and walkway in iron truss crossing Bastugatan ends Bellmansgatan north. The footbridge was manufactured at Atlas workshops in Vasastan. The high brick facade dominates the South Mälarstrand eastern part, the building stands in a niche in the rock blasted to make way for the 28 meter high elevator.

2014 – Mariahissen on Södermalm in Stockholm (Göran Johansson)

Mariahissens task was to connect Mariaberget with Riddarfjärden south beach, where steamboats left to Riddarholmen. Three thousand people used to take this road every day. As the city’s communications developed, the number of elevator passengers went down and in the late 1930s the elevator was taken out of traffic. The house quickly became dilapidated, but in the mid-1970s, it was renovated and designed by Sune Malmquist. The public elevator is no longer in operation.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastugatan and sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariahissen.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 148

1972 – Volvo 145 at Stora Torps Ridklubb at Stora Torp Slott on Storatorpsvägen in Örgryte, Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1972 – Volvo 164 at Stora Torps Ridklubb at Stora Torp Slott on Storatorpsvägen in Örgryte, Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2014 – Stora Torps Ridklubb at Stora Torp on Storatorpsvägen in Örgryte (Google Streetview)

2014 – Ridklubb Stora Torp (Facebook)

2014 – Ridklubb Stora Torp (Facebook)

2010 – Volvo V50 at Stora Torp Slott on Storatorpsvägen in Örgryte, Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2017 – Stora Torp Slott on Storatorpsvägen in Örgryte, Göteborg, Sweden.

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 the visitor directly into an ancient cultural landscape. Besides Stora Torps stables there are not any “activities”, it is an admission for those who want to walk and experience both cultural and natural.

2014 – Stora Torp

Stora Torp is a manor house in Örgryte north of Delsjö area’s nature reserves in Göteborg. The property has 9600 square meters of land and 3,200 square meters of residential and office space. Stora Torp was originally a large country estate that dates back to the 1550s. The period from 1550 to 1777 was called the property Torpit or Torpett and that “and Jon Jons on Torpitt” was a tenant farmers here.
The white mansion house got its current appearance in the late 1870s.

More information at storatorp.wordpress.com, sv.wikipedia.org, www.lansstyrelsen.se and www.facebook.com.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 147

2025 – Volvo ES90 at Artipelag Artmuseum on Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg on Värmdö, outside Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2015 – Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription at Artipelag Artmuseum on Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg on Värmdö, outside Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2015 – Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription at Artipelag Artmuseum on Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg on Värmdö, outside Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2015 – Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription at Artipelag Artmuseum on Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg on Värmdö, outside Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2025 – Volvo ES90 at Artipelag Artmuseum on Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg on Värmdö, outside Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2025 – Volvo ES90 at Artipelag Artmuseum on Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg on Värmdö, outside Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2025 – Volvo ES90 at Artipelag Artmuseum on Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg on Värmdö, outside Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2014 – Artipelag at Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg on Värmdö, outside Stockholm

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 22 acres of surrounding natural scenery.

Artipelag is an international meeting point for art, good food, events and activities – beautifully situated in the Stockholm archipelago, on Artipelagstigen 1, only 30 minutes from the city.

The name Artipelag is a combination of Art, Activities, and Archipelago.

2014 – Artipelag on Värmdo (Charlie Bennet)

The art hall is founded on a donation by Björn Jakobson, founder and owner of the baby product company Babybjörn.

Notable exhibitions have included works by William Wegman and Candida Höfer. The artistic director of Artipelag is Bo Nilsson.

In August 2014, Volvo Cars had their 2015 Volvo XC90 launch here.

The building is comparable in size to Sweden’s largest state-owned museums and art exhibition institutions. Despite this, architect Johan Nyrén has managed to design a building in harmony with the natural surroundings, dressed in bevelled pitched-pine planks, and carefully located between the pine trees and the cliffs with a view over Baggen’s Bay. One of the fundamental ideas was that as soon as a visitor came into the entrance hall, he or she would be met by the four elements: fire crackling in the fireplace; earth and the rock on which the building rests; the clear air and the sparkling water that surrounds and frames the site.

2014 – Artipelag on Värmdo (Charlie Bennet)

Artipelag has much to offer for those who are interested in nature and architecture: the walkway leading up to the Sedum-plant-covered roof, the huge rock in the restaurant, and the beautiful sloping walls of the smaller art rooms. Many believe that Johan Nyrén, with his last work, will make international architectural history.

How to get to the Artipelag by car:

Coming from the west, from Stockholm: to go by car from central Stockholm takes about 20 minutes. Drive route 222 towards Gustavsberg and follow the signs. After the exit at Trafikplats Hålludden, the road becoms more narrow – please observe the speed limit 30 km per hour.

Or coming from the east from Värmdö, drive road 222, turn off towards Värmdö Market and keep to the right on Ingarövägen road. At the roundabout by COOP, turn left and follow the signs. Arriving from Gustavsberg turn right in the roundabout by COOP and follow the signs.

More information at en.wikipedia.org and www.artipelag.se.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 153

1960 – Volvo 122 at Embassy of the United States on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

1961 – Volvo P1800S at Embassy of the United States on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

1961 – Volvo P1800S at Embassy of the United States on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in Copenhagen 🇩🇰

2014 – US Embassy at Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in Copenhagen – DK (Google Streetview)

The Embassy of the United States to Denmark is the diplomatic mission of the United States in Denmark. The building is located on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé, in Indre By, Copenhagen, and it was opened in May 1954. The post of U.S. Ambassador to Denmark is currently held by Rufus Gifford, the former finance director of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. The embassy also oversees American interests in Greenland.

2014 – US Embassy at Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in Copenhagen – DK

The current American Embassy building in Copenhagen, Denmark, opened on May 27, 1954. It was planned and built under the direction of Ides van der Gracht, Regional Director for the Foreign Buildings Office of the U.S. State Department.

The designs were done by two American architects: Ralph Rapson, of the School of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and John Van der Muelen, School of Fine & Applied Arts, Department of Architecture, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

The Danish supervising architects for the building were Jørgen Juul Møller, M.A.A., and Erik Herlow, M.A.A., both of Copenhagen.

The Embassy is located in Østerbro, an area of Copenhagen home to many embassies, cultural and historic buildings and even the Danish Royal Family.

More information on denmark.usembassy.gov and en.wikipedia.org.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 152

2004 – Volvo V70 T5 Summum at Ponte Vasco da Gama in Lisabon, Portugal 🇵🇹.

2004 – Volvo V70 T5 Summum at Ponte Vasco da Gama in Lisabon, Portugal 🇵🇹.

2008 – Volvo V50 at Ponte Vasco da Gama in Lisabon, Portugal 🇵🇹.

2008 – Volvo V50 at Ponte Vasco da Gama in Lisabon, Portugal 🇵🇹.

2014 – Vasco Da Gama Bridge in Lissabon, Portugal (Google Streetview)

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, including 0.829 km for the main bridge, 11.5 km in viaducts, and 4.8 km in dedicated access roads. Its purpose is to alleviate the congestion on Lisbon’s other bridge (25 de Abril Bridge), and to join previously unconnected motorways radiating from Lisbon.

Construction began on February 1995; the bridge was opened to traffic on 29 March 1998, just in time for Expo 98, the World’s Fair that celebrated the 500th anniversary of the discovery by Vasco da Gama of the sea route from Europe to India.

The bridge carries six road lanes, with a speed limit of 120 km/h, the same as motorways, except on one section which is limited to 100 km/h. On windy, rainy, and foggy days, the speed limit is reduced to 90 km/h. The number of road lanes will be enlarged to eight when traffic reaches a daily average of 52,000.

More information on en.wikipedia.org, www.portaldasnacoes.pt and www.lusoponte.pt.