Norway's entire car book from 1935 is now searchable on Slekt1. All registration numbers, with associated car owners, have now been painstakingly added to the database «Finn slekt».
Since Norway's car book from 1935 is now in database format, you get text suggestions as you search. In addition, the transcript is more accurate than a machine-read PDF (OCR-processed text).
The picture above shows taxi drivers in Stavanger on May 17 in 1932 or 33. The only visible license plate is an L382 and a search in Norges bilbok 1935 shows that the car belonged to a «Chauffør» Helge Hauge.
The car was a Studebaker and a quick search on Studebaker shows that it was probably of an older vintage, such as this 1920 Studebaker Big Six.
About Norway's Car Book 1935
Norges bilbok 1935 is “A complete list of registered automobiles in Norway, their type, factory, owner's name and address (...)” The book was published from 1922 to 1930, with a final edition five years later in 1935.
Norges bilbok 1935 contains a nationwide overview of registered cars and car owners and can be a useful “non-traditional” source for finding more information about your relatives.
The car books are therefore of interest to both car enthusiasts and genealogists. In Norway's car book from 1935, you can learn the following:
- The car's registration number
- Owner's name and title/occupation (may be registered to a company)
- Address
- Art, what the car was used for
- Factory (Which car brand)
- Model year
- Where in the country the car was registered
15,169 of the registered cars were Fords, representing around one in four cars on Norwegian roads.
Search tips
When you enter a search term, the search box will automatically try to find what you are looking for, based on the contents of Norges bilbok 1935. If you don't want to be limited to the suggestions, you can click outside the suggestion box that appears and then «Search».
Then you will get hits on all entries that have all or part of the keyword in them. This can be useful in cases where there has been a difference in spelling at a location or on a factory label.
Here you can search Norges bilbok 1935
Here you can search all the car books we have added so far, In total, it is approaching 100,000 searchable cars and car owners.
