Svenska Galanite Industri, usually known simply as Galanite, was a Swedish vinyl and plastic company based in Löddeköpinge, which made mostly toys. Cars were the most popular, but trucks, farm vehicles and airplanes were also produced.

Toy Type

Most Galanite cars produced were in the four inch range at a scale of 1:42. Swedish vehicles were common like Volvo, Saab, and Scania trucks, but Volkswagens and other vehicles like the BMC Mini were also made. Like most rubber vehicles, construction was of only seven parts: a molded vinyl body, two metal axles, and four plastic tires. These toys were child friendly - soft vinyl, rounded edges and fun colours.

Other Galanite Toys were of a larger proportion (1:30) and had a less realistic design, with some of the cleaner edges of the true design of a car softened or abstracted for instance. Models are not numbered on the bottom and usually simply say "Galanite Sweden".

Almost Promotionals

Approximate dates of production for Galanite Toys were the late 1960s through the 1970s. Items produced are similar in concept to what Tomte Laerdal

Laerdal

Laerdal is a major manufacturer of medical equipment and medical training products based in Stavanger, Norway. Established in 1940 as a print shop, it soon began manufacturing popular rubber toys under the name Tomte Laerdal. Parallel to this was the manufacture of medical training models and...

 produced in Norway, or what Auburn Rubber Company

Auburn Rubber Company

The Auburn Rubber Company was a rubber products manufacturer best known for its line of children's toys . It was probably the largest producer of rubber and vinyl toys in the world, though Norway's Tomte Laerdal, and Sweden's Galanite were major European producers.-History:Started in Auburn,...

 produced in the United States.

Some examples were exceptionally detailed for vinyl such as the SAAB 96 with a very accurate front end, accurate body proportions and SAAB logo on the trunk lid. The model almost appears to be a company promotional, but none approach the detail of Finnish Stahlberg Models

Stahlberg Models

Stahlberg was a Finnish company producing promotional plastic models mainly of Swedish Saab and Volvo automobiles usually in scales between 1:18 and 1:25. Other Finnish companies producing similar sized plastic models were Aren, Emek Muovi, Ju Ju, Hot Toys, KMS Myynti, Muovo, Nyrhinen Ky, and...

which were purpose built as promotional models for SAAB and Volvo.