Greta Molander
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Greta Molander (23 August 1908 – 20 March 2002) was a Swedish/Norwegian
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driver and writer. Molander entered her first rally in 1929. Her
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debut came in 1933, and she won the ''Coupes des Dames'' in 1937 and in 1952. She competed in the first
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in 1953, where she won the women's class. Molander was born in
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, and grew up in
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and
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. She married in 1938, and the couple settled in
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. She published several books from her travel expeditions, in the United States, Mexico, the African continent, and China.


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* 1908 births 2002 deaths Swedish rally drivers Norwegian rally drivers Norwegian travel writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers People from Ystad Sportspeople from Skåne County {{norway-sport-bio-stub