Sweden by Air

For a petrolhead, not many pleasures in life can beat the prospect of a classic 911 on the open road. It represents freedom and tranquility, something that’s been particularly missed by us all during the chaos and uncertainty of the past 18 months. In such times, a road trip offers a path to salvation, and we had an excursion lined up that would reignite our passion for travel and, of course, our Porsche 911s.

We’d been looking forward to this trip for many months, quite literally. Originally planned for 2020, but like so much else during that year and much of 2021, it had to be cancelled due to implications surrounding, you guessed it, COVID-19.

Undeterred, we took new steps in the spring of 2021 and the planning started once again. Our journey would take us from Vildmarksvägen in Sweden’s south to Stekenjokk in the north, right on the border with Norway. The combination of ‘Porsche’ and ‘air-cooled’ was a must. The working name quickly became: ‘Luftgekühlt 2021 Stekenjokk’.

Six Porsche enthusiasts with air-cooled 911s were assembled for this special trip. We ended up with six old 911s, from Ljusdal in the south to Boden in the north, though there was a cat among the ermines in the form of a VW Multivan. Now, you might reasonably think the van would function as a rolling workshop or hauler of spare parts, but come on, we are dealing with old 911s here – such action would not be necessary! Not a single tool or spare part was brought