Jan Wilsgaard, Volvo Automobile Designer, passes 6 August 2016

http://www.volvodrivemagazine.nl/

Jan Wilsgaard Volvo Automobile Designs Include:
- Volvo P179, known as the 'Margaret Rose'
- Volvo Philip
- Volvo PV179
- Volvo Amazon
- Volvo 140-series
- Volvo 164
- Volvo 240-series
- Volvo 700-series
- Volvo 850



English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wilsgaard

Svenksa
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Wilsgaard

Volvo Drive article, translated poorly by facebook:

One of the world's most talented designers is no longer with us. Jan Wilsgaard, the iconic designer of, Inter Alia, the Volvo Amazon, 240 and 700-Series, is on 6 August 2016 in kungsbacka died.



Wilsgaard suffering for a long time with Parkinson's disease and was the last years of his life will no longer be able to communicate with his loved ones and friends.



Wilsgaard was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York. He was, from 1950 to 1990, Chief designer at Volvo cars. Janne, as he by family and friends was called, was studying at the Glasgow school of applied arts, after which he immediately, after obtaining his degree, at the request of Volvo-founder Assar Gabrielsson at Volvo, came to work [At Volvo Cars AB].

Wilsgaard was made responsible for the new models of Volvo and got the almost unworkable task the successor of the popular pv444 to put on paper. He did wonderfully with the Amazon what the international breakthrough for Volvo would mean.



After the successful AMAZON he created more Volvo automobile icons including the 140 series, 240 series, the 700-series in which he attached photo's at work. The project of the 850 he started on within Volvo, but was not completed by him anymore. With the passing of Volvo's us a big designer slip. We hope that he's in the Volvo museum gets an honorable place, because he certainly earned it!

https://www.volvoclub.org.uk/press/pdf/JanWilsgaard.pdf

A google search for Jan Wilsgaard turns up many articles of accomplishments and more.

Hope that helps.

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