Vintage Vehicles
Before 31 March 1971 there was only one letter on Norwegian registration plates.(later style Oslo plates had two digits in place of the letter)There was mostly between 3–6 digits but one and two digit plates exist.(e.g. the Royal House still use A-1, A2 and other similar numbers, and T-1 is the first "bus" or scheduled transport vehicle in Norway, a 1907 Unic. The car still exists and resides at Romsdalsmuseet in Molde, its home town.) The one-letter plates followed the owner and not the vehicle as per today, and the registration number could be re-used. Before 1913 registration plates did not have a letter.
Vehicles older than 1971 may use one-letter plates, and if the car has been registered on two-letter plates, this may be altered once and the car can be registered on a single-letter plate of the current owners choice, although within existing letter codes and 3–6 digits. Common practice is to use the last single-letter plates on which the car was registered.
Registration letter codes anno 1913:
- Kristiania amt / Oslo: A
- Smaalenenes amt / Østfold: B
- Akershus amt / Akershus: C
- Hedemarkens amt / Hedmark: D
- Kristians amt / Oppland: E
- Buskeruds amt / Buskerud: F
- Jarlsberg og Larviks amt / Vestfold: Z
- Bratsberg amt / Telemark: H
- Nedenes amt / Aust-Agder: I
- Lister og Mandals amt / Vest-Agder: K
- Stavanger amt / Rogaland: L
- Bergen amt / Bergen: O
- Søndre Bergenhus amt / Hordaland: R
- Nordre Bergenhus amt / Sogn og Fjordane: S
- Romsdals amt / Møre og Romsdal: T
- Søndre Trondhjems amt / Sør-Trøndelag: U
- Nordre Trondhjems amt / Nord-Trøndelag: V
- Nordlands amt / Nordland: W
- Tromsø amt / Troms: X
- Finmarken amt / Finnmark: Y
When a vehicle is written off, the registration number/chassis is tagged as such, and the vehicle is no longer allowed to travel by road. Neither can the registration number be reused. Example; BL50000 will always be the real-life version of the legendary "Il Tempo Gigante" from the Flåklypa Grand Prix movie. Exception is a vehicle older than 1971 that was last registered on two letter plates, which may be re-registered on one-letter plates even if the chosen registration number has been in previous use.
If a set of registration plates is stolen, the vehicle receives a new registration number.
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