# Norway license plate: Numeric 1899

> The Norway numeric 1899 license plate: format 999, for example 667, 1899 to 1913, car, truck, and bus, 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, Numeric 1899 (1899 to 1913)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/no/no-numeric-1899/norway-license-plate-numeric-1899.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1899–1913 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #FFFFFF |
| 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-numeric-1899` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/numeric-1899) |

Sources:

- [2026-07-16): the vedtak of Kristians amt 22 March 1899 confirmed by kgl.res. 2 September 1899; Kristiania's bystyre 29 June 1899 confirmed by kgl.res. 24 July 1899; Trondhjem 5 May 1900 confirmed by kgl.res. 26 May 1900; the formats and colours; Schous Bryggeri's plate '1' of 23 May 1900.](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjennemerke_for_motorkj%C3%B8ret%C3%B8y_i_Norge)
- [§ 2-16 closes everything before 1 April 1971; this era has no separate statutory description.](https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/1990-01-25-92/KAPITTEL_2)

## About this plate

PERIOD HONESTY: 1899 dates the RULES, not a plate, the first Norwegian registration mark was issued on 23 May 1900 and the amts outside the towns displayed no number at all until 1903-1911. The lint's 1893 floor is respected.

## Region code notes

none possible, the register was local and the plate carried no jurisdiction code at all, only (sometimes) a place name in words

## How numbers are issued

sequential within each local register; numbers freed by sale or scrapping were re-used

## About the format

There was no national system: each kjøpstad and each amt kept its own register and its own sequence, so "1" was issued many times over in different places and a bare number carries no jurisdiction claim whatsoever.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [County letter](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/county-letter-1913) | 1913 to 1971 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2002](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/standard-2002) (2002 to today)
- [Rally](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/rally-1996) (documented since 1996)
- [Green varebil](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/green-varebil-1990) (documented since 1990)
- [Off-road](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/offroad-1990) (documented since 1990)
- [Standard 1982](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/standard-1982) (1982 to 2002)
- [Standard 1971](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/standard-1971) (1971 to 1982)
- [County letter](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/norway/county-letter-1913) (1913 to 1971)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/no/no-numeric-1899.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/norway?series=no-numeric-1899
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/no` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "no-numeric-1899"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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