Source information
The Car Book for Norway 1922, edited by Lieutenant Frithjof Lange, published by Grafisk Institut, Kristiania, 1922.
Abbreviations used in “Art”
P=passenger car
L=truck
V=van
D=taxi
R=bus
E=electric car
About the Car Book 1922
The Car Book for Norway is “a Complete List of Registered Automobiles in Norway.” The book was published from 1922 to 1930, with a final edition five years later in 1935. It contains a nationwide overview of registered cars and car owners and can be a useful “unconventional” source for finding more information about one's relatives.
About the entries
The Car Book for Norway 1922 is a complete list of registered cars in Norway. The book contains information about 13,080 cars and their owners. The information contained in each entry may vary, but generally the following information is associated with each registration number:
- The car's registration number
- Owner's name and title/occupation (may be registered to a company)
- Art, what the car was used for
- Number of horsepower
- Factory (Which car brand)
- Where in the country the car was registered
