Fossum (automobile manufacturer)
Fossum was a Norwegian manufacturer of automobiles .
description
Markus Hansen Fossum (according to other sources, Hans Magnum Fossum) from Oslo was a representative for Oldsmobile and ran a small repair shop. In 1906 he produced the first Norwegian car. It was equipped with a single cylinder engine and was similar to the Oldsmobile Curved Dash . The vehicle was sold to A. Enger in March 1906. In 1907 a vehicle with a two-cylinder engine was produced and sold to Rolf Willhelmsen.
One vehicle has been preserved and can be viewed in the Norsk Kjøretøyhistorisk Museum in Lillehammer .
literature
- Norsk Kjøretøyhistorisk Museum , brochure from the car museum in Lillehammer (Norwegian)
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The great automobile encyclopedia , BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5
- George Nick Georgano : Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French)
Web links
Commons : Fossum - collection of images, videos and audio files
