Car books are a fun way to follow relatives who owned cars in a slightly different way. They usually list the place of residence, type of car, and what it was used for.
In 1926, the 1926 Vehicle Register recorded 2,365 vehicles owned by either companies or private individuals. These can now be searched for in our collection. The car book 1926.
The number of Østfold cars registered had increased by almost 19% from the previous year. If you look back just four years to The car book from 1922, the number of cars on the roads in Østfold had more than doubled!
By comparison, it took almost 10 years for the number of cars to double again in Østfold, when in Norway's car book from 1935 There were 5,027 cars registered in Østfold.
So was one of your ancestors among the earliest in Østfold or elsewhere in the country to acquire a car? You can find out by searching in one of the collections under the menu «Find family» or directly in all the car books we have made searchable here on Slekt1.
The collection now includes well over 120,000 cars and their owners, primarily from the period before World War II.
In the 1926 Car Book, you can look up:
- Owner's name and title/occupation, if applicable
- Place of residence (in some cases, you will also be given the exact street address here)
- The make of the car and what it was used for
- The car's registration number
It costs both time and money to have genealogical sources transcribed. This means that a search is free, but if you want to see more than the name of the owner, you must have a subscription to Slekt1. If you have a subscription, we reward you with the opportunity to search all car books at the same time.
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In the photo above, we can see one of the cars registered in Østfold that has been involved in an accident. In 1926, the car was registered to farmer Nils Bjerke, who lived on Onsøy with his Chevrolet.
