Göran Karlsson started Gekås

Gekås

Gekås i Ullared AB is a Swedish superstore in Ullared, Sweden, founded in 1963 by Göran Karlsson as Ge-kås Manufaktur. It has an annual turnover of 3 800 000 000 Swedish kronor ,, with a total store area of over 20 000m2 in addition to a 50000m2 storage area just a few hundred yards away. Boris...

 in Ullared

Ullared

Ullared is a locality situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 820 inhabitants in 2005.The village hosts a large department store, Gekås. It is one of the largest stores in Sweden and the growth of the store has made Ullared more or less synonymous with low prices among...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 in 1963 which today is the largest big-box store

Big-box store

A big-box store is a physically large retail establishment, usually part of a chain. The term sometimes also refers, by extension, to the company that operates the store...

 in Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

. Göran Karlsson was a dedicated collector of classic cars and motorcycles and in 2007 Göran Karlsson's Motor Museum opened its doors to the public. The museum has a number of cars of different brands and marques, such as Lamborghini

Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini , is an Italian car manufacturer. The company was founded by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with established offerings from marques like...

 and Chevrolet

Chevrolet

Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...

, where one of the museum's most precious cars is an Excalibur SS Series 1 Roadster that once belonged to the famous Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson

Ingemar Johansson

Jens Ingemar Johansson was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. Johansson was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. In 1959 he defeated Floyd Patterson by TKO in the third round, after flooring Patterson seven times in that round, to win the World...

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External links

• Göran Karlsson's Motor Museum