| The Svenska Volvo PV-klubben almanac 2006 |
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Cover The main square in Västerås 1959. In the line to the left is a PV544 of the first year, 1958. Other cars are Standard 8, Volkswagen 1200, PV444, Duett, Ford Anglia, Opel Rekord and a DKW 3=6. Photo Herbert Backoven, from the archives of the Motor. |
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| January Far back there is a glimpse of a 1953 Opel Kapitän, a Ford Taunus 12M and a pre war Opel Olympia. Closest to the camera is a Peugeot 203 and a 1953 PV444ES. It belonged at the time the picture was shot to elementary-school teacher Carl Nordlund from Västerås. What a trip – 1010 kilometers for visiting the post office. Photo: Unknown |
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February None of the companies have survived until today and the neon lights have been turned off and dismantled long ago. In front of the shops there are a bunch of cars representing the fleet of vehicles in the 1950:s From left: A Jaguar that has been humiliated with at roof rack, 1954 Opel Rekord, Ford Taunus Transit from Winborg´s canned foods, Volkswagen 1200, 1955 Ford Taunus Combi from Lykkes Bakery in Partille, elementary-school teacher Michael Idegård´s PV444 HS 1954, cabinet-maker Sigvard Lundberg´s 1938 Oldsmobile 6 Souring Sedan and a 1954 VW Kleinbus owned by Mölnlycke Väfveri AB. Photo Pressbyrån. |
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| March Photo from the Arfwidson family photo collection |
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| April A postcard from Norway showing the Sognefjäll. The curtain equipped Duett PV445 was the company car of the photographer and was often seen in the pictures. On the back of the card is printed: "The Sognefjell route Otta – Lom – Sogne fjord. The highest point 1430 above sea level" The picture was shot in the middle of the 1950:s Photo Normann no 792
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| May Photo From Sten Dahllöw´s archive
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| June The square in Sunne, Värmland in the summer of 1959. The girls are from left Marianne Ritzen and her cousin from Kramfors. The youngsters to the left are Kurt Malmberg and Gudrun Wärling. The man with a cigarette in his mouth is the not too fire safety aware manager of the Caltex filling station Mr. Östlund. What about the Volvo cars? To the left is a 1956 PV444 KS with very unusual chrome rings and to the right a 1957 PV444LS. Photo Christer Alvarsson
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| July A holiday picture from the Hagön camping site south of Halmstad. The cars are only slightly more diversified than the colors of the tents. Closest to the camera is Vilgot Rydh´s California white 1957 PV444 LS. There are lots of SAAB´s in the picture, no less that four 96´s. Another popular car seems to be Opel, two Rekord P2 and one Kadett A. The number of Amazon is two. The only somewhat rare bird is a Simca 1300. Photo: T. Lindeberg |
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| August Mälarhusen beach on the Österlen between Simrishamn and Ystad. The restaurant and hotel was situated on a miles wide beach with snow-white sandy beach. The building was erected in the beginning of the 1950:s and was destroyed in a fire only a few years later. The picture is from 1958 when the house had been rebuilt. On the parking is besides numerous PV444:s and Amazons also a 1947 Chevrolet Stylemaster and a 1957 Bel Air. A lot of Opel; 1953 and 1956 Kapitän, 1956, 1957 and 1958 Rekord.England is represented by MGA and Ford Zephyr. Photo P. Carlsson |
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| September It is very easy to determine when this picture was taken. The sisters and brothers Lasse, Gunnar and Lena Nyberg are removing the tape from the right asymmetric headlights. The date is September 2 1967, the day before Sweden changed to right hand traffic. In the drivers seat their father Lennart is attaching a right hand traffic sticker on the dashboard. Lennart Nyberg worked at the head office of the Svensk Bilprovning (The Swedish Vehicle Inspection Company) as a senior accountant from the start in 1965 until his retirement in 1989. The picture was taken at the Klippgatan in Sundbyberg. Beside the 544 is a 1956 PV444KS that blocks the view of an Opel Rekord Caravan A or B almost completely. On the main road a Fiat 850, a Scania Vabis L76 and a Ford truck from the D-series. Photo Märta Nyberg |
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| October "The everyday work of a mail driver in Eskilstuna: One of the mail drivers daily tasks is half an hour of car care. Chauffeur Einar Andersson is washing countryside mailman Nils Libert´s blue Volvo estate in the garage of the mail post office of Eskilstuna His route was the Sågstugu route outside Eskilstuna, 90 kilometers. The novelty was inaugurated in the spring of 1956. The reason why the Duett was blue and not Mail Yellow was in order to distinguish in from the cars used for emptying letterboxes. This was discontinued already in the end of the 1950:s Photo Yngve Hellström |
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| November Sven Viberg and Edward Lindberg at their retirement from Volvo in the spring of 1966. These gentlemen were together with amongst others Erik Skoog working with the construction of the PV in the early 1940:s. Erik Skoog made the first drawings of the PV444 outline the week before midsummer 1943. He started with a drawing showing the engine, drive train and other important. Later Helmer Pettersson was included in the project and the two had a small office with a drawing board and a model table. There the 1:5 model shown on the picture was made. Edward Lindberg worked as a body design engineer and Sven Viberg was responsible for the chassis design on both the PV444 and the PV445. Photo Volvo |
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| December "Exterior from the main post office in Solna. Loading a Volvo Duett mail car". In the picture from May 1965 is besides the Duett from 1964 a 1962 Ford Taunus Transit and a moped, 1963 Crescent Motor Scooter model 2013. Note the reinforced lock in the rear door of the Duett. The main postoffice of Solna was situated at the Solnavägen 96, opposite to the Råsunda football stadium. Photo: Hans Pehrsson
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| Research and picture texts:
Magnus Björkquist and Dan Jansson Latest update January 14 2006 |
