Björn Waldegård

Waldegård (right) and co-driver Franz Wurz (left) during the 1984 Austrian *Jänner-Rallye*

Björn Waldegård (12 November 1943 - 29 August 2014) was a Swedish rally driver who won the inaugural World Rally Championship for drivers in 1979. His Swedish nickname was "Walle".

Waldegård died in Stockholm, Sweden from cancer, aged 70.^[1]

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