Norwegian Car Production Through the Ages
Norwegian car‑buildin’ through the years — most folks today figure Norway ain’t made much more than that little electric Think‑car. Some know ’bout the handful of Troll cars from the late ’50s, includin’ that one IL Tempo Gigante special. Others remember Pivco — PIV1, PIV2, PIV3, City Bee — the forefathers of Think, and even Buddy Electric, the Norwegian follow‑up to the Danish Kewet Buddy. Plenty of newcomers and foreigners think Norway never built a car at all. And hardly anybody’s heard ’bout that attempt in the ’80s and ’90s to build a Norwegian seven‑seater family car based on the Volvo 850 and Chrysler Voyager — the so‑called ‘Drammensbilen,’ recently restored and taken care of. But let me tell y’all somethin’: Norwegian car production is a whole lot bigger than folks think. Back in the interwar years, Norway was crankin’ out American cars on a scale that was mighty impressive for Norwegian standards — built at Strømmen by Strømmen Mekaniske Værksted A/S, at ...