A total of six prototypes were ordered; two were to be powered by Rolls-Royce Griffon engines, two with Centaurus XXIIs, one with a Centaurus XII and one as a test structure.
V imenu mesta Växjö, v katerem živi 55600 prebivalcev (popis 2005), sta združeni dve besedici, väg (cesta) in sjö (jezero), kar pomeni cesto prek zamrznjenega jezera, ki so ga pozimi prečkali na poti do trga, ki je pozneje postal mesto.