GEA Gustaf Ericssons Automobilfabrik / Sweden

GEA Gustaf Ericssons Automobilfabrik / Sweden ( 1905 - 1910 )

Yes, there were (small) automobile factories in Sweden before VOLVO made its debut in 1927. 

I’m talking about GEA, the GUSTAF ERICSSONS AUTOMOBILFABRIK in Stockholm. The founder, Gustaf Ericssons, had studied in Germany and Sweden, spent time in the U.S., and decided in 1905 to produce his own vehicle. He also built motorboats . Initially, he used FAFNIR engines for his vehicles, but later a 6-cylinder engine was also designed, which is considered Sweden’s first 6-cylinder engine. 

The total number of vehicles was probably fewer than 20. It's all the more pleasing that a complete vehicle and my firewall emblem have survived. 

Wikipedia has only a few lines about this automaker, and it doesn't even show a logo. I can change that, and here I'm presenting three different logos. 

Here comes the first logo. This emblem must be one of GEA's oldest, since it is still a firewall emblem—the predecessor of the radiator emblems. It was mounted on the outside wall between the engine compartment and the passenger compartment.

 

look at the center, the three intertwined letters GEA

Size	10.1 cm x 6.8 cm
Year	ca. 1905 - 1906
Estimate

 

A coat-of-arms-shaped shield bearing the three letters “GEA” was then mounted on the radiator of a GEA vehicle.

And finally, there is this logo, which Gustaf Ericsson himself designed and which shows that his factory was active in automobile and motorboat manufacturing.

 For more emblems especially from VOLVO click here or use the list of car makers (top right).

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