Greta Molander
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|8|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ystad, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|3|20|1908|8|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Sandefjord, Norway
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| occupation = Rally driver
Writer
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Greta Molander (23 August 1908 – 20 March 2002) was a Swedish/Norwegian rally driver and writer.
Molander entered her first rally in 1929. Her Monte Carlo Rally debut came in 1933, and she won the Coupes des Dames in 1937 and in 1952. She competed in the first European Rally Championship in 1953, where she won the women's class.
Molander was born in Ystad, and grew up in Nyköping and Stockholm. She married in 1938, and the couple settled in Sandefjord. She published several books from her travel expeditions, in the United States, Mexico, the African continent, and China.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Greta Molander |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øivind |last=Grimsmo
|authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Greta_Molander/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=15 April 2013}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Greta Molander |first=Rolf |last=Bryhn |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Greta_Molander |language=Norwegian | accessdate=15 April 2013 }}
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Category:Swedish rally drivers
Category:Norwegian rally drivers
Category:Norwegian travel writers
Category:Norwegian women non-fiction writers
Category:Sportspeople from Skåne County
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