# Norway license plate: Historic veteran

> The Norway historic veteran license plate: format L-99999, for example W-62054, 1991 to today, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle, cited to Statens vegvesen.

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Part of [Norway license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway) (17 registration series).

![Norway license plate, Historic veteran (1991 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/no/no-historic-veteran-1991/norway-license-plate-historic-veteran.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L-99999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1991 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `no-historic-veteran-1991` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/historic-veteran-1991) |

Sources:

- [§ 2-15: a vehicle first registered more than 30 years ago (alternatively of a model year more than 31 years old) may be assigned plates of the registration order in force at its first registration; §§ 2-16 to 2-18 supply the three orders. PRIMARY.](https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/1990-01-25-92/KAPITTEL_2)
- [2026-07-16): county letters revived from June 1991 for vehicles previously on them or imported of model year 1970 or older; all letters except P and Q; telefonnummer plates selectable; plates follow the vehicle on sale; pre-1913 amt marks revived from 2013.](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjennemerke_for_motorkj%C3%B8ret%C3%B8y_i_Norge)

## About this plate

NORWAY'S VETERAN PLATE IS A FORMAT, NOT A DESIGN, the exact inverse of the Netherlands, whose oldtimer plate is a distinctive dark blue carrying the original serial, and of Spain, which issues a dedicated H- serial. Pre-1913 amt marks became available again from 2013.

## Region code notes

DANGEROUS TO DECODE, and the reason this warning exists: a county letter on a veteran plate issued after 1991 is the OWNER'S CHOICE from the historic alphabet, not a record of where anything was registered. The decode table gives the letter's historic meaning; it does not license an inference about this vehicle. Only P and Q are unavailable.

## How numbers are issued

the owner chooses; any previously used county letter except P and Q, with three to six digits in any combination

## About the format

A match says only "this string has a shape Norway has issued"; it is not a claim that the plate is a veteran plate, because the very same strings are ordinary registrations.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/no/no-historic-veteran-1991.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/norway?series=no-historic-veteran-1991
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/no` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "no-historic-veteran-1991"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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