The idea of producing a sports car as a means to improve the selling of regular cars, Volvo’s chief of that time, Assar Gabrielsson, got in the USA in the beginning of the 50:ies. During quite a long stay in the USA he started what would be a 20 years long period of sports car…
Alla inlägg av Håkan Liljeqvist
Do you remember Boo.com?
Boo.com was founded in 1998 by Malmsten and his friend Ms Leander, both swedish. Five years ago Boo.com died.
Something little about Norway and my day so far
Today I take it on swedish… Idag är det Norges nationaldag och jag har väl inte reagerat så mycket över det egentligen även om det skrivs lite här och var om detta event. Blind Höna har till exempel bloggat en kul grej som ni måste se. Annars har det hittills varit en dag av möten,…
”About me and this weblog” is under construction
Do you want to know a little more about me? What about this weblog? I’m currently working on a page where all this will be described, the ”About and Contact”-page. This page will be updated every now and then.
Result of my visit to the dentist
Once in a while you need to visit the dentist (”Folktandvården” as we say in Sweden). Today was such a day and that was a good thing for me. Apperantly I have what we i Sweden call ”tandsten”, tartar, and ”djupa tandköttsfickor”, a kind of problem with my gums. From now I have to use…
Sweden Facts – Part one
I live in Sweden and the Nobel Prize is a swedish thing. What do you know about my country? Here are some short facts to start with… Capital: Stockholm Language: Swedish Population: 9 million Currency: 1 krona=100 öre Area: 450,000 km2 (174,000 sq. mi) Political system: Parliamentary democracy To be continued!