We couldn’t beleive it when we read it, but the Ronnie Peterson museum in Orebro is having to move out of thier premises. Established in May 2008, it has welcomed more than 14,000 visitors from across the world. Ronnie Peterson was a native of Orebro and without doubt the most famous person from the town. We’ve visited the superb memorial sculpture erected in his memory and visited his grave in the local church yard. Like many organisations of this type, it was run by volunteers at a loss to preserve his memory and has doubtless helped put Orabro on the tourist map.
And yet here’s the rub. Despite the fact that the museum was helping tourism in the area, the local politicians have declined to give any financial support and as owners of the museum building are standing firm. Various efforts to find a solution to this have failed and so it’s looking like the museum will be closed. The collection will live on, probably moving outside of the Orebro area.
To us British guys looking in, that seems like the Jim Clark museum moving out of Duns in Scotland. So the museum association will live on, lets hope they can find a more welcoming place to celebrate the life of one of Sweden’s greatest drivers. You can see the museum website at www.ronniepetersonmuseum.se
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I am very sad to hear this bad news. I am fifty six and I was a great Peterson’s fan. I would like to visit his grave and statue if I have opportunity to do it. I will have never forgotten him.