Swedish ministers don’t fancy Swedish cars
Neither Volvo nor Saab are popular among the Swedish ministers as they prefer to drive foreign brands.
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The Swedish government struggle to get the crisis-hit auto industry back on the road. But on a more personal level the commitment to support the local brands is somewhat shoddier.
Out of Sweden’s 22 cabinet ministers only three drives a Volvo or a Saab, business daily Dagens Industri writes.
Göran Hägglund, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, drives a Volvo V70 and Eskil Erlandsson, Minister for Agriculture, ownes a Volvo S80. Minister for Development Assistance Gunilla Carlsson is the only minister that drives a Saab.
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, as half of the cabinet ministers, doesn’t have a car.
Not even Sweden’s intelligence agency Säpo drives Swedish cars.
“We have most BMWs, but also Merceders and some other brands”, said Patrik Peter, spokesperson at Säpo, to the newspaper.
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Last Updated (Tuesday, 07 July 2009 09:07)
