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<\/p>\nTen years go by quickly. On this day, May 27, 2015, we received the news that Mr. Saab had left us for new adventures among the clouds in the sky. With the vibrant personality he was, the world of Saab suddenly became grey.<\/p>\n
Erik was a truly unique personality. You all know of his sporting achievements that made him a giant in the world of motorsport and, at the same time, put little Saab and Trollh\u00e4ttan on the global map.<\/p>\n
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After his career as a rally driver, he was employed as a PR-man in Saab\u00b4s communications department \u2013 and he never retired! He was made redundant along with 3,100 colleagues when Saab went bankrupt on December 19, 2011.<\/p>\n
Erik\u2019s loyalty to Saab never wavered, despite lucrative contracts from other car manufacturers being placed in front of him, pen ready on the table.<\/p>\n
He never let go of his love for Saab, the company born in his hometown. Erik met his wife, Pat Moss, and moved with her to England. Even though he lived there for most of his life, he held tightly to his \u201cV\u00e4stg\u00f6ta\u201d-roots and the Trollh\u00e4ttan accent in particular. His way of speaking \"Swenglish\" was legendary. Erik\u2019s British vocabulary was extensive \u2013 there\u2019s no doubt about that \u2013 but he enjoyed slipping in the odd Swedish word during his speeches, which were always entertaining. I\u2019ve never met anyone who could match Erik when it came to dinner speeches or quick-witted remarks in a conversation.<\/p>\n
When Erik was present at motor shows, the top journalists would come to the Saab stand just to have a chat with the great Erik \u2013 who always spoke his mind, even when it wasn\u2019t quite what the communications director had intended\u2026<\/p>\n
In this context, we must also mention his genuine interest in and curiosity about people at all levels. His memory for names and faces was simply extraordinary \u2013 and it never failed!\nEven though it\u2019s been ten years since Erik passed away, he is far from forgotten. \nIt is you Saab- and motorsport enthusiasts who proudly carry Eriks legacy today, with all the stories and adventures he so generously shared with us.<\/p>\n
Even though it\u2019s been ten years since Erik passed away, he is far from forgotten. \nIt is you Saab- and motorsport enthusiasts who proudly carry Eriks legacy today, with all the stories and adventures he so generously shared with us.<\/p>\n
And at the Saab Car Museum in Trollh\u00e4ttan, he remains the eternal chairman of the board. As it should be\u2026<\/p>\n
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Peter B\u00e4ckstr\u00f6m<\/strong><\/em> PS. For those who want to pay Erik a little extra tribute today, we recommend a grilled sausage \u201chot dog style\u201d with strong sweet mustard \u2013 something he always longed for after returning from a trip abroad with Saab\u2026 DS.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tio \u00e5r g\u00e5r fort. P\u00e5 denna dag, 27 maj 2015, n\u00e5ddes vi av beskedet att Mr. Saab l\u00e4mnat oss f\u00f6r vidare \u00e4ventyr bland molnen p\u00e5 himlen. Som den mycket f\u00e4rgstarke person han var blev Saabv\u00e4rlden med ens gr\u00e5are. Erik Carlsson var en unik m\u00e4nniska. Ni vet alla om hans idrottsliga framg\u00e5ngar som gjorde honom till […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3588"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3599,"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588\/revisions\/3599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saabcarmuseum.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCurator at the Saab Car Museum and long-time colleague of Erik Carlsson.<\/p>\n