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Volvo ÖV4 leaves the Lundby factory

On 14 April 1927 the first series-produced Volvo car, the ÖV4, left the Lundby factory in Gothenburg, creating a narrow but important industrial-brand anchor for the year.

Tier
D
Confidence
C
Bias risk
Medium
Kind
economy
Date
1927-04-14

On 14 April 1927 the first series-produced Volvo car, the ÖV4, left the Lundby factory in Gothenburg.

The chronology is well supported by Volvo’s own archive. The wider claim that this became a Swedish industrial identity marker remains capped at C until independent business-history sources are added.

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