• EARLY YEARS
• FROM ELECTROLUX TO VOLVO
• VOLVO AND SCANIA
• TRUCK AND PRODUCTION
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

President and chief executive officer, Volvo

Nationality: Swedish.

Born: August 30, 1951, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Education: Chalmers University of Technology, MS, 1977.

Family: Son of Lennart (business executive and industrialist) and Inger Hedberg Johansson; married Eva Birgitta Fjellman; children: five.

Career: Centro Morgardshammar, 1977–1979, research and development manager; Husqvarna Motorcyklar, 1979–1982, unit manager; Electrolux, 1983–1988, manager, major appliance division; 1988–1991, executive vice president; 1991–1994, president; 1994–1997, chief...