Sweden Top 4 Brands : 1980-89

1982 Volvo 345.  The 300 series ran from 1976-91

While Volvo remained the most popular choice for Swedish car buyers in the 1980's, Saab was starting to struggle holding second place. Ford came back with a vengeance, and Opel remained a strong seller. VW fell from grace in this period.

The low point of this period was 1981 when there were 188,500 sales for the total market. It then peaked in 1988 with 344,000 sales. Sweden had a financial boom during this time, causing the sales spike. A economic meltdown in the 1990's caused a slump in car sales, which you will see in the 1990's top 4 chart.

Year	1st		2nd		3rd		4th
1980	Volvo	50,547	Saab	27,619	VW	18,693	Opel	17,527
1981	Volvo	49,766	Saab	26,741	Ford	21,128	VW	20,002
1982	Volvo	57,522	Saab	30,562	Ford	22,407	Opel	22,184
1983	Volvo	62,012	Saab	29,270	Ford	21,556	Opel	20,847
1984	Volvo	62,495	Saab	29,610	Ford	25,539	Opel	21,957
1985	Volvo	71,135	Ford	28,571	Saab	27,352	Opel	26,770
1986	Volvo	64,630	Ford	29,944	Saab	29,590	Opel	24,317
1987	Volvo	72,492	Ford	34,299	Opel	31,077	Saab	30,202
1988	Volvo	74,626	Ford	35,921	Opel	28,940	Saab	27,083
1989	Volvo	66,576	Ford	28,629	Saab	25,800	Opel	24,775

1998 Opel Kadet

Thanks to BilSweden for the data.

For others in the series, please click on the years: 2010-19. 2000-09, 1990-99, 1970-79,
1960-69, and 1950-59.