List of Swedish cars
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This page tries to list every Swedish car ever made, listed by manufacturer.
- AllveloAllveloAllvelo was a company founded by Fritiof Karlström in Landskrona. They mostly made bicycles, but between 1903 and 1907 they assembled and sold CKD cars and trucks under their own name. For instance, they sold Waltham the US Orient Buckboard as Allvelo Orient and Allvelo Pansarmobil Sport and the...
(1903-1907) - AB Nyköpings AutomobilfabrikAB Nyköpings AutomobilfabrikAB Nyköpings Automobilfabrik founded in 1937 was an automobile manufacturer in Nyköping that assembled trucks from Chrysler, DeSoto, Plymouth, Fargo and later also Škoda and Standard and from the mid 1950s also Simca. In 1960 the company was bought by SAAB and renamed SAAB-ANA and changed into...
(assembly, 1937-1960) - AB ThulinverkenAB ThulinverkenAB Thulinverken was a company in Landskrona, Sweden, founded in 1914 as Enoch Thulins Aeroplanfabrik by the airman and aircraft technician Enoch Thulin. The company became Sweden's first aircraft manufacturer. In 1920, Thulin also started manufacturing automobiles, which continued until 1928...
(1920-1928) - AMGAB Motorfabriken i GöteborgAB Motorfabriken i Göteborg was founded in 1897 in Gothenburg, Sweden as a producer of stationary engines. In 1899 the company also began producing boat engines and started looking into automobile manufacturing. They went to France and looked for suitable models, settling on the Brasier...
(1903-1906) - ArlöfsArlöfs WaggonfabrikArlöfs Waggonfabrik was a mechanical workshop earlier known as "Rössels mekaniska verkstad" that made railway cars.Little is known about the automobiles made by the company, but they participated in a car show in Copenhagen in 1902 where they presented a truck with a loading capacity of 3000 kg. It...
(in or around 1902) - ÅtvidabergÅtvidaberg (automobile)The Åtvidaberg was a Swedish automobile manufactured from 1910 to 1911.Åtvidabergs Vagnfabrik AB began by importing an American Holsman High wheeler and using it as a pattern. The car used a flat-twin engine; its top speed was about 45 km/h . Some of the later engines had four cylinders...
(1910-1911) - Boes Motor & MekanikBoes Motor & MekanikBoes Motor & Mekanik is a Swedish kit car company in Färjestaden selling a Lotus 7 replica called Boe 7. Unlike most other manufacturer who use square tubing for the spaceframe chassis they use round 28x2 tubes...
(unknown) - CarestoCarestoCaresto is a Swedish car company which was started in 2004 by Leif Tufvesson.It is registered in Ängelholm in southern Sweden ....
(2004-present) - Cederholm (unknown)
- Dala7Dala7Dala7 is a taller and wider Lotus 7 inspired design using Volvo parts. The idea behind the design was to make a sevenesque car suitable for Swedish conditions, so it was made taller and wider to make it possible for taller persons to sit comfortably and to make it possible to use Volvo parts that...
(unknown) - EstherEsther (car)Esther is a Lotus 7 type car made in Ugglerum, Sweden. The company was founded by Lars Svensson and Magnus Haferbier in 1987. They started off with a shingle wood board jig which had been used for earlier Lotus 7 copies in the Kalmar area. However new ideas came and the first chassis was sold...
(1987-present) - Fram King Fulda (unknown)
- GEA (one in 1905)
- Gin1 (unknown)
- GOX TeknikGOX TeknikGOX Teknik is a Swedish company in Strömstad acting as consultants in various types of industrial development, but they also make kit car replicas of the Ford GT40. They make it in two versions, GOX 40 Monocoque that is a faithful replica of the original car and GOX 40 Replika that is a more...
(1983-present) - HBHB (car)HB was a car made in two or three copies at Berglunds mekaniska verkstad at about 1925. On the prototype they used a three cylinder engine, but the production models had a four cylinder engine producing 16 horse power. The engine was connected to a three speed transmission...
(in or around 1925) - HéliosHeliosHelios was the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia or Euryphaessa and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn...
(unknown) - Hult HealeyHult HealeyHult Healey was a make of kit cars in Sweden.It all started when Mats Svanberg from Hult saw an Austin-Healey and fell in love with it. In the 1970s he bought one and in 1981 it was due for a renovation and he wanted to make a replica of the competition Austin-Healey, but without ruining his...
(1984-1990) - HusqvarnaHusqvarna MotorcyclesHusqvarna Motorcycles, a subsidiary of BMW, is a company manufacturing motocross, enduro and supermoto motorcycles. The company began producing motorcycles in 1903 at Huskvarna, Sweden, as a branch of the Husqvarna armament firm which had supplied the Swedish army with rifles since 1689.-History:As...
(one in 1943) - Jösse CarJösse CarJösse Car was a sports car manufacturer founded in 1997 and located in Arvika, Sweden.They are most famous for creating the 2 seat open top Indigo 3000 car. This car is powered by a Volvo 3 Litre six cylinder engine giving a top speed of 250 km/h with drive to the rear wheels. The body...
(1997-1998) - Kalmar (1969-1971)
- KoenigseggKoenigseggKoenigsegg Automotive AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars based in Ängelholm.-Company:The company was founded in 1994 in Sweden by Christian von Koenigsegg, with the intention of producing a world-class supercar...
(1994–present) - LTLT (car)LT was a Swedish car made by Anders Rudolf Lindström, Gottfrid Hansson and Simon Resare.It got its name from the initials of "Lindström and Torsby" the designer Anders Rudolf Lindström and Torsby in northern Värmland, Sweden, but it was nicknamed "Långsam tillverkning" .Car production was first...
(in 1909 and in 1923) - LMVLMVLMV was a mechanical workshop in Lidköping, Sweden. They had plans for automobile production and in 1923 a prototype had been made. The design was by Åke W Eklund...
(one in 1923) - Mania SpyderMania SpyderMania Spyder was a Swedish kit car company in Falköping selling a sports roadster based on either VW Beetle or spaceframe chassis. They advertised that a formula spaceframe made for motorcycle engines would be available in spring 2001. It was designed by the automotive designer and guitar builder...
(unknown) - MascotMascot (car)Mascot was a car made by AB Rååverken in Helsingborg around 1920.Sold both as a kit car and in finished form it was a way of converting a motor cycle to a type of cyclecar...
(around 1920) - OBCOttmar Beckman Cars ABOBC or Ottmar Beckman Cars AB was a car manufacturer in Mantorp, Sweden. In 1974 they presented a two seated mid engined sports car called OBC Mantorp . The design was somewhat similar to the Lotus Elan, but with a more rounded front...
(one in 1974) - Pilot (unknown)
- Racing Plast BurträskRacing Plast BurträskRacing Plast Burträsk was a Swedish company in Burträsk that made racing cars and kit cars. It was founded in 1965 by Kjell Lindskog.- Formula Vee cars :...
(1965-1971) - Reva (1964-1968)
- RengsjöbilenRengsjöbilenRengsjöbilen , Jonsson or just "Bilen" was the names given to a series of ten cars made by sawmill owner Anders Jonsson in Rengsjö, Hälsingland between 1914 and 1916. The cars were two-seater in tandem. Length 320 cm and width 120 cm. Weight 445 kg. The engine was 75x100 cc...
(1914-1916) - SaabSaab AutomobileSaab Automobile AB, better known as Saab , is a Swedish car manufacturer owned by Dutch automobile manufacturer Swedish Automobile NV, formerly Spyker Cars NV. It is the exclusive automobile Royal Warrant holder as appointed by the King of Sweden...
(1949-present) - SelfSelf (car)Self was a series of three cyclecars built by the brothers Per and Hugo Wiertz in Svedala in 1916, 1919 and 1922.The first car had a single-cylinder engine, the second a four-cylinder Phänomen and the third a Harley-Davidson V-twin engine. The cars were basically experimental cars and were probably...
(1916-1922) - SAFSvenska AutomobilfabrikenSvenska Automobilfabriken was founded in Bollnäs in December 1919. They assembled US cars based on Pullman Motor Co chassises bought when Pullman went bankrupt in 1917 and fitted them with coachworks and adapted them for Swedish conditions. The engine was a Golden, Belknapp & Swartz giving 32 hp....
(1919-1921) - ScaniaScania ABScania Aktiebolag , commonly referred to as Scania AB or just Scania, is a major Swedish automotive industry manufacturer of commercial vehicles - specifically heavy trucks and buses...
(1903-1911) - Scania-VabisScania-VabisScania-Vabis was a Swedish truck and car manufacturer. The company was formed from a merger of Scania with the firm of Vabis in 1911. The car production ended in 1929...
(1911-1929) - Svensk ElektrobilSvensk ElektrobilSvensk Elektrobil AB was a Swedish company that made electric vehicles. The Company was founded by Asea and was located at Rosenlundsgatan in southern Stockholm. It loaded 2.5 tonns and has a top speed of 25 km/h. It ran on an electric motor connected to Tudor batteries containing 250 Ah. One of...
(around 1945) - Söderbloms Gjuteri & Mekaniska VerkstadSöderbloms Gjuteri & Mekaniska VerkstadSöderbloms Gjuteri & Mekaniska Verkstad was founded in 1877 in Eskilstuna, Sweden....
(1901-unknown) - Södertelje VerkstäderSödertelje VerkstäderSödertelje Verkstäder was a Swedish company in Södertälje that made railway cars and Draisine. In 1901 the builder of electric cars Harald Håkansson managed to agree a contract so that Södertelje Verkstäder got access to experience, blueprints and engines from Kühlstein, NAG and Protos that they...
(1901-1906) - TidaholmTidaholms BrukTidaholms Bruk was founded in the Middle Ages and over the years it merged with several smaller industries into woodworking and the making of carts. In the small community of Sandhem outside Tidaholm the brothers Gottfrid and David Lindström in 1895 had a workshop where they made Kronan bicycles...
(1903-around 1932) - UNOUNO 001UNO 001 was the name of the only produced car from the planned UNO project to create a sports car made in Linköping, Sweden. The project started in the late 1980s with a budget of 3 million SEK and the backing of several strong financial backers. They managed to produce the UNO 001, but then...
(around 1990) - VabisVabisVabis was a Swedish car and truck manufacturer, founded in 1891 as Vagnfabriks Aktiebolaget i Södertälje in municipality of Södertälje to produce railway cars....
(1897-1911) - VolvoVolvoAB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...
(1927–present)