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  Erik Carlsson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erik Carlsson, aka Mr Saab, born March 5, 1929 in Trollhättan.
1969, 3rd in Baja 1000 in a Saab 96 V4, 5th in Baja 1000 in a Saab 96 V4 Erik Carlsson married Pat Moss (March 3, 1963, London), also a rally driver (and younger sister of Stirling Moss - yet another rally driver).
The expression 'Carlsson on the roof' originated from the children's story Karlsson på taket by Astrid Lindgren where a Karlsson character lived on the roof of an apartment building, and the habit of Erik Carlsson to occasionally roll a rally car on its roof.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erik_Carlsson   (391 words)

  
 Saab Automobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some of the early cars such as the two-strokers, V4s and Saab 99 were quite successful in rally sport, notably the 96 in the 1960s RAC Rally and Monte Carlo Rally, driven by Erik Carlsson.
1961 Erik Carlsson enters the Monte Carlo Rally in a Saab 95 and finishes fourth.
Erik Carlsson retires from rallying and become Saab ambassador.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saab_Automobile   (1154 words)

  
 SAFARI RALLY V
This was not, however, to last - Carlsson lost a lot of time on the road to Dodoma, first taking a wrong turning and then due to a marked absence of brakes obtained when a rock went through the floor and severed a brake pipe.
Erik now put on a brilliant display of driving to close within one minute of Fjastad's leading Volkswagen when the SAAB succumbed to the harsh treatment meted out by Carlsson when it's rear suspension collapsed.
Erik Carlsson lost twenty minutes helping her to undertake emergency repairs, letting the VW of Tommy Fjastad into the lead for the second time.
www.rallybugs.com /safari5.htm   (928 words)

  
 "Mr. Saab" Racing Legend Erik Carlsson to reunite with two legendary racing Saabs
Carlsson’s pair of famous Saabs is a small sample in a vast selection of GM heritage vehicles ready for display across the globe.
Carlsson’s storied professional career started at the Saab factory in 1956, as a test driver Carlsson’s career as a professional driver began in 1956, when he signed on as a test driver at the Saab factory in Trollhattan, Sweden.
Carlsson, affectionately nicknamed "on the roof" for his tendency to put cars on their roof with his occasionally over-enthusiastic driving style (the name also refers to a famous Swedish children’s book, "Carlsson On the Roof"), joined Saab as a test driver after winning the Rikspokalen.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2001/05/31/022085.html   (1782 words)

  
 ROCKZONE.COM: Interviews: 3rd Strike
Erik: We began pre-production in May. We actually started recording at the end of May and finished right around the beginning of July.
Erik: There are some kids here tonight that were hanging out by the bus, who saw us this summer and came up here to see us and hang out with us.
Erik: It's like what the kids were saying to us earlier, they said they listen to the whole record, song by song by song and it doesn't get boring because they all sound different.
www.rockzone.com /interviews/3rdstrike.shtml   (1309 words)

  
 Casey Family History
MALKOLM CARLSSON (4.3.1) is the son of Carl Petter Andersson and Johanna Sofia (Larsdotter) Andersson.
CARL MALKOLMSSON (4.3.1.1) is the son of Malkolm Carlsson and Neta Sofia (Bengtsdotter) Carlsson.
BERNHARDINA CARLSSON (4.3.5) is the daughter of Carl Petter Andersson and Johanna Sofia (Larsdotter) Andersson.
www.rcasey.net /master/peterson.htm   (4407 words)

  
 Saab rally successes at The SaabMuseum.com - a comprehensive and up-to-date history of Saab cars
1955 Erik Carlsson gets to be 'on the roof' with all Sweden and wins the country's most important dependability contest, the Rikspokalen, in a Saab 92.
Erik Carlsson scores an overt victory in the Midnight Sun Rally.
Starting number this year is 283, Erik Carlsson and Gunnar Palm come second in the Spa-Sofia-Liege "Marathon de la Route", one of the most demanding rallies.
saabmuseum.com /rally   (622 words)

  
 ITV Motoring - In Carlsson's Wheeltracks
That's how the winner of the event started at number 178, because Carlsson was driving an 841cc two-stroke Saab, with which he not only won the rally outright but also obliterated the rest of the 850cc runners.
Carlsson looked after the maintenance of the car himself, and that extended to a lot more than just mechanical checks.
He won the 1000 Lakes in Finland, the Midnight Sun in Sweden and the Acropolis in Greece, was second on the Safari, and twice finished runner-up in the toughest rally in Europe, the Liège.
www.itv-motoring.com /columns/ross_finlay/1508.asp   (1013 words)

  
 Erik Carlsson - rFind.net
Daniel Carlsson kom in som tionde bil när Akropolisrallyt inleddes med ett superspecial på Olympiastadion i Aten.
Carlsson var i mål 2,6 sekunder efter VM-serieledaren Sebastian Loeb.
Carlsson var 2,6 sekunder efter Sébastien Loeb, Frankrike, som leder VM-serien.
www.rfind.net /info/Erik_Carlsson   (230 words)

  
 1960 RAC Saab 96 | VintageRally.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Carlsson went on to win the R.A.C. twice more, in 1961 and 1962, as well as many international rallies of the time including wins at the prestigious Monte Carlo Rally in 1962 and 1963.
Carlsson stayed with Saab for his rally driving career and became one of the sports first superstars.
When Erik Carlsson saw the car he was quite impressed, but pointed out one error, the front and rear R.A.C. signs were fl and white instead of blue and white like the originals.
www.winktimber.com /vintagerally/cars/saab/racsaab.htm   (1713 words)

  
 David's 1999 SAAB Convention Report: Day Two   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I was dissapointed not to win an award for the concours but my car isn't as stock as the winners were and I'm sure I got points taken off for my stereo, alarm, fog lights, and other small mods I've made.
The funniest part was a film clip showing him rolling a 96 onto the drivers side and then he made his co-driver climb out and push the car over, while Eric "helped" by pushing the ground from his seated position.
The 9-5 station wagon that Erik drove can be seen in the lower left hand corner.
www.davidbasch.com /SAAB/convention/1999daytwo.htm   (400 words)

  
 The Man Who Taught 007 to Drive on Ice - James Bond 007 - CommanderBond.net - James Bond At Its Best   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Erik Carlsson should make it easily, with his great skill and experience as a former rally driver.
Carlsson spent with John Gardner in the Arctic Circle (teaching the author how to drive a Saab in winter road conditions), but his eventful life makes for entertaining reading all the same.
Carlsson's specialties is driving on ice -- skills 007 found useful in not only Icebreaker, but also The Living Daylights and Die Another Day.
commanderbond.net /Public/Stories/2298-1.shtml   (412 words)

  
 ESLAB | Erik Larsson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Erik Larsson is Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer and Information Science at Linköpings Universitet.
Erik Larsson is currently director of studies (studierektor) at the division Systems and Software (SaS) at the Computer Science Department.
Erik Larsson and Zebo Peng, Early Prediction of Testability by Analyzing Behavioral VHDL Specifications, Proceedings of Norchip Conference, Tallinn, November 10-11, 1997.
www.ida.liu.se /~erila   (1862 words)

  
 Larger than Life Swedish Racing Legend Erik Carlsson to reunite with two legendary racing Saabs
Erik Carlsson "On The Roof" and two of his GM Powered cars to be featured at the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed
The larger-than-life person at the wheel is, of course, none other than Erik Carlsson "on the roof," winner of an amazing string of international rallies, including the Monte Carlo Rally, where he scored back-to-back victories in 1962 and 1963.
Carlsson’s career as a professional driver began in 1956, when he signed on as a test driver at the Saab factory in Trollhattan, Sweden.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2001/05/31/022135.html   (1862 words)

  
 News
Featured speaker is David E. Davis of Automobile magazine, and highlights include a swap meet, track day, Saturday night banquet, official Saab parts tent, tech sessions on all sorts of topics, old and new Saab concours and the raffle of an 89 900SPG.
Saab dignitaries and legends such as Erik Carlsson, Bob Sinclair and others will also be in attendance.
It has been 40 years since Erik Carlsson won the British RAC Rally in a Saab 96, with co-driver Stuart Turner calling the turns.
www.geocities.com /saabclubus/News.html   (228 words)

  
 Purification, Characterization, and Biological Compartmentalization of Rat Fetal Antigen 1 -- Carlsson et al. 63 (1): ...
Carlsson C, Tornehave D, Lindberg K, Galante P, Billestrup N, Michelsen B, Larsson LI, Jensen CH.
Growth hormone and prolactin stimulate the expression of rat preadipocyte factor-1/delta-like protein in pancreatic islets: molecular cloning and expression pattern during development and growth of the endocrine pancreas.
Carlsson HE, Lindberg AA, Hammarström S. Titration of antibodies to Salmonella O antigens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
www.biolreprod.org /cgi/content/full/63/1/30   (2500 words)

  
 SAAB AUTOMOBILE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The same year Erik Carlsson wins the Midnight_Sun_Rally.
1960 Erik Carlsson wins the RAC_Rally and Saab start competing in Formula_Junior with the Saab_Formula_Junior.
1961 Erik Carlsson enters the Monte Carlo Rally in a Saab_95 and finishes fourth.
www.witwib.com /Saab_Automobile   (1062 words)

  
 Purification, Characterization, and Biological Compartmentalization of Rat Fetal Antigen 1 -- Carlsson et al. 63 (1): ...
Purification, Characterization, and Biological Compartmentalization of Rat Fetal Antigen 1 -- Carlsson et al.
Articles by Carlsson, H.-E. Articles by Hau, J. Biology of Reproduction 63, 30-33 (2000)
Copyright © 2000 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction.
www.biolreprod.org /cgi/content/abstract/63/1/30   (248 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Erik-Carlsson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver for Saab automobile, notably the Monte Carlo Rally.
Public relations (PR) deals with influencing public opinion, through the presentation of a clients image, message, or product.
For the type of ferns known as brakes, see brake (fern).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Erik_Carlsson   (1107 words)

  
 Unofficial WRC Rally News - Article : Rallye-Info.com
Sweden was once the 2nd strongest nation alongside Finland in providing rally superstar drivers, such as Stig Blomqvist, Björn Waldegaard and Erik Carlsson (no relation to Daniel), but in recent years there seemed to be no-one to follow up this tradition.
Fact is that Daniel Carlsson will be driving a Peugeot financed and Bozian run Peugeot 206 WRC in Cyprus and Argentina.
Interesting as well, that Peugeot broke the news in their own press release, but they don't actually say which car Daniel will be driving in the remaining 8 rounds, leaving room for speculation if it is a Peugeot or not.
www.rallye-info.com /article.asp?sid=0&stid=4684   (526 words)

  
 Algorithms and Complexity Group at the University of Waterloo
Erik D. Demaine, Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi, Naomi Nishimura, Prabhakar Ragde, Dimitrios M. Thilikos: Approximation algorithms for classes of graphs excluding single-crossing graphs as minors.
Erik D. Demaine, Alejandro López-Ortiz: A linear lower bound on index size for text retrieval.
Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Anna Lubiw, Joseph O'Rourke, Irena Pashchenko: Metamorphosis of the Cube.
algcomp.uwaterloo.ca /publication.php?author=demaine   (795 words)

  
 Erik Carlsson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Musgo casado Carlsson de la palmadita de Erik (de marcha la 3 1963 de Londres), también conductor de la reunión (y una hermana más joven del musgo de Stirling - otro conductor de la reunión).
En Icebreaker en enlace de la novela de James de Juan Gardner el enlace consigue varias semanas de conducir el entrenamiento de Erik Carlsson como preparación para una asignación ártica.
En musgo de 1965 palmaditas y Erik Carlsson escribió un arte de book:"The y técnica de conducir" (publicado por Heinemann).
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/er/Erik%20Carlsson.htm   (356 words)

  
 Saab Formula Junior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The cars did not do very well in races, due to the 70%-30% weight distrubution creating very pronounced understeer.
The drivers were Gösta Karlsson, Carl-Magnus Skogh and Erik Carlsson.
This page was last modified 11:21, 15 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saab_Formula_Junior   (212 words)

  
 Andrej Brodnik, Svante Carlsson, Erik D. Demaine, J. Ian Munro, and Robert Sedgewick: Resizable Arrays in Optimal Time ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Andrej Brodnik, Svante Carlsson, Erik D. Demaine, J. Ian Munro, and Robert Sedgewick: Resizable Arrays in Optimal Time and Space
Andrej Brodnik, Svante Carlsson, Erik D. Demaine, J.
Last updated October 16, 2005 by Erik Demaine.
theory.lcs.mit.edu /~edemaine/papers/ResizableArraysTR   (238 words)

  
 Computer Science Papers
Prosenjit Bose, Andrej Brodnik, Svante Carlsson, Erik D. Demaine, Rudolf Fleischer, A. López-Ortiz, Pat Morin, and J. Ian Munro.
Erik D. Demaine, A. López-Ortiz and J. Munro.
Erik D. Demaine, A. López-Ortiz, and J. Ian Munro.
db.uwaterloo.ca /~alopez-o/cspap/papers.html   (1462 words)

  
 Saab (SE) 1949- - Phil Seed's Virtual Car museum
In 1949 Saab started manufacturing motor cars and production has increased considerably since.
The two-stroke SAAB 96 was a very successful rally car at the hands of Erik Carlsson in the early '60s.
Erik Carlsson photographed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2001
www.philseed.com /saab.html   (71 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - erik, CDs, DVDs, Records items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Legende (A fairy tale) for Piano by Erik Meyer-Helmund 
ERIK THE VIKING - JOHN CLEESE - DVD - R2 - NEW *3012 
Erik Estrada GUNS rare James Bond 007 spoof PAL VHS 
search.ebay.co.uk /erik_W0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ19   (456 words)

  
 Resizable Arrays in Optimal Time and Space - Brodnik, Carlsson, Demaine, Munro, Sedgewick (ResearchIndex)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Andrej Brodnik, Svante Carlsson, Erik D. Demaine, J. Ian Munro, Robert Sedgewick
Resizable Arrays in Optimal Time and Space - Brodnik, Carlsson, Demaine..
Brodnik, S. Carlsson, E. Demaine, J. Munro, and R. Sedgewick.
citeseer.lcs.mit.edu /brodnik99resizable.html   (478 words)

  
 Saab Books - General
The story of Erik Carlsson - the very first international rally star
'Mr Saab' is the tale of the legendary rally star Erik Carlsson "on the roof".
The book is full of excitement and is a piece of fascinating automobile history told by Erik Carlsson himself and the people that were with him during his great Saab success story.
www.saabcentral.com /bookshop/gen_saab.php   (536 words)

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