SCANIA / SWEDEN

 

SCANIA / MALMÖ / SWEDEN ( 1901 - today )

In 1900, MASKINFABRIK AB SCANIA was still only manufacturing bicycles. The first experimental cars were built in 1901/1902. Very few vehicles were produced between 1902 and 1912. A merger with the VABIS brand from Södertälje near Stockholm took place in 1912. Since then, the vehicles  carried the double name: SCANIA - VABIS.

The last passenger vehicle was built in 1929.  Since then, SCANIA has been focusing on truck and bus manufacturing. In 1967, SCANIA merged with SAAB. This merger was dissolved again in 1995.

 

All emblems feature the crowned eagle head from Malmö's city coat of arms: 

This is one of SCANIA's first enameled emblems, recognizable by the fact that it only bears the name SCANIA VABIS, but not yet the addition “Aktiebolaget.” 

 

 

Size	6.4 cm
Year	c. 1912 - 1920
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The SCANIA coat of arms could already be seen at the entrance to the factory in 1902.

 

 

 

 

Size	8.4 cm  x 5.9  cm
Year	1921 - 1927
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backside with makers mark from WESTINS ATELIJE

 

 

 

 

Here comes a modification of the emblem. Now you can see stones instead of dots in the inner part of the emblem, around the eagle's head. I guess this design was used in the nineteenfifties and sixties..

 

Size	6.4 cm
Year	until - 1967
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backside with makers mark from WESTINS STOCKHOLM

A special feature was the cap for the water in the radiator, which bore an emblem.

The first cap with emblem appeared in 1932. It was also found on the SACANIA-VABIS CF-bussar from 1959 to 1966. A truly outstanding collector's item!

 

Size	6.4 cm ( emblem only )
Year	1959 - 1966
Estimate	for the whole item

 

With the SCANIA L50 truck, a new emblem appeared in 1968, which only shows the eagle's head from Malmö's city coat of arms. The successor model to the L111 also carried this emblem until 1982.

Size	6.4 cm
Year	1968 - 1982
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backside without makers mark

 

The simplified emblem was also used on the radiator cap for a short time:

 

Size	6.4 cm ( emblem only )
Year	c. 1968
Estimate	for the whole item

 

 

In 1955, a giant aluminum emblem was attached to the flat front of the SCANIA-VABIS bus type Capitol:

Size	21.5 cm x 23.0 cm
Year	1955
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 There was also a slightly smaller version of it, which I haven't been able to identify yet.

 

On the front of the 1966 SCANIA-VABIS bus type BF56  was this beautiful enameled emblem from HÄGGLUNDS , the company that manufactured the all-steel body ( you can read STALKAROSSERI on the emblem):

 

Size	9.3 cm x 11.0 cm ( emblem only )
Year	1966
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SCANIA-VABIS factories were located all over the world, for example in Netherlands, France, Brasil, and many other countries. Vehicles from the lesser-known factory in Brussels, Belgium, displayed the following special emblem:

Size	38.5 cm x 7.0 cm
Year	c. 1960
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Somehow, everything always ends up with plastic emblems, and SCANIA is no exception: 

 

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