Which cars have been most popular in Sweden?

By number of new cars sold per year:

1975

1. Volvo 242 + 244 +245
2. Saab 99
3. Volkswagen Passat
4. Saab 95 + 96
5. Mercedes 200 - 240
6. Opel Rekord
7. Volkswagen Golf
8. Ford Taunus
9. Ford Consul + Grenada
10. DAF 66

1980

1. Volvo 242 + 244 +245
2. Saab 900
3. Volkswagen Golf
4. Volvo 340
5. Opel Kadett
6. Saab 99
7. Mercedes 230 - 300
8. Opel Rekord
9. Ford Fiesta
10. Ford Taunus

1985

1. Volvo 740 + 760
2. Volvo 240
3. Saab 900
4. Volkswagen Golf + Jetta
5. Opel Kadett
6. Volvo 340 + 360
7. Ford Sierra
8. Ford Escort
9. Audi 100
10. Mazda 323

1990

1. Volvo 740 + 760
2. Saab 9000
3. Volkswagen Golf + Jetta
4. Toyota Corolla
5. Volvo 240
6. Volvo 440 + 460 + 480
7. Ford Sierra
8. Opel Kadett
9. Ford Escort + Orion
10. Mazda 323

1995

1. Volvo 850
2. Volvo 940 + 960
3. Saab 9000
4. Saab 900
5. Volkswagen Golf
6. Ford Escort
7. Opel Astra
8. Ford Mondeo
9. Volvo 440 + 460 + 480
10. Audi 80 / A4

2000

1. Volvo C70 + S70 + V70
2. Saab 9-5
3. Volvo S40 + V40
4. Saab 9-3
5. Volkswagen Golf
6. Volkswgen Passat
7. Renault Mégane
8. Ford Focus
9. Skoda Octavia
10. Volvo S80

2005

1. Volvo C70 + S70 + V70
2. Volvo V50
3. Saab 9-5
4. Volkswagen Golf
5. Saab 9-3
6. Ford Focus
7. Toyota Corolla
8. Volkswagen Passat
9. Peugeot 307
10. Renault Mégane

2010

1. Volvo V70
2. Volkswagen Golf
3. Volkswagen Passat
4. Volvo V50
5. Kia Cee'd
6. Audi A4
7. Renault Mégane
8. Ford Focus
9. Saab 9-3
10. Renault Clio

I haven't gone to the raw data, this is actually from a magazine, so the choice of which models should count as "one" isn't mine. For example, the 242/244/245 were all called 240 from 1983, so that makes sense. But why not group the 260 with the 240 as the 760 is with 740? I don't know.

It looks like the reason people stopped buying Volvo 240 was that they stopped making them, not the other way round. Its production actually stopped one year after 740!