Private company

Maskinfabriks-aktiebolaget Scania

Former Swedish manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, trucks and more, based in Malmö1

Maskinfabriks-aktiebolaget Scania (Maskinfabriks AB Scania), translates Machine Factory Limited Company Scania, was a Swedish bicycle manufacturer established in Malmö in 1900. The company rapidly expanded to manufacture other products like precision gears, vacuum cleaners, automobiles, trucks and engines.2 It ceased to exist in 1911.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1900Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry, bicycle industry1
  • HeadquartersMalmö1
  • Legal formaktiebolag1
Maskinfabriks-aktiebolaget Scania bicycle crank
Photo: Øyvind Berg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Maskinfabriks-aktiebolaget Scania (Maskinfabriks AB Scania), translates Machine Factory Limited Company Scania, was a Swedish bicycle manufacturer established in Malmö in 1900. The company rapidly expanded to manufacture other products like precision gears, vacuum cleaners, automobiles, trucks and engines.2

Products and brands

  • bicycle
  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1911Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1900Founded Founded1

Sources

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