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hi ! does one letter old plates D fit with a county ? it seems i saw this on google but for exemple Z looks unknown on the list

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Hi, The letter D was for cars registered in Hedmark county, Z was for those from Vestfold county

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thank you , so actually .. 1 letter ( old plates i guess ) or 2 letters ( more recent ) all means to fit with a county in Norway ?

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New cars, trucks and buses first time registered after 31 March 1971 was given plates with 2 letters and 5 digits. This type of combination is still in use, but with another design.

Before this date new cars was given the old type with 1 letter + a row of digits (the number of digits varied more at that time)

A car registered before 31 March 1971 can have a 2+5 type plate (many folks changed to this in the early 70s because it made the car look more new ;) , but a car from after this date can't have an old type of plate.

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thank you , it's a bit difficult to understand compared to Sweden and Finland where the plates are totally random , the problem in Norway is that you usually see a " lot " of different letters in the same county .. still each letters seem to accord to a specific county as in wikipedia ..

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I can understand you! The plates on Norwegian cars follows the car, even if it's sold to another district.

If the plates are stolen you can buy new ones, but with the combination issued where you buy the new plates. The former registration is then cancelled.

To confuse you even more, let me tell you that since 2017 (I think) you can choose your own combination, but only on pure new cars. This means that a 2019 model car with ZH plates (Tromsø) can have been bought new in Oslo.
Perhaps it's sold to Bergen, and lives the rest of it's life never "putting a wheel" in Tromsø

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thanks for these precision , Norway is a wonderful country but seems to never do anything like others

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Ha ha

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Ha ha, we've heard that before

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Yeah, license plates are a complex science. I think every country has some strange rules and exceptions, that don't make a lot of sense to outsiders.

I think it's almost impossible for foreigners to get a full understanding of the systems and license plate oddities, because it requires that you understand the circumstances and challenges existing at any given time. Like for example, why certain ranges are delayed by several years, or why certain letter combinations don't exist before/after year so-and-so.

But this is exactly what makes it all so enjoyable. There's always something to investigate, learn and discover.

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I may didn't answer your question here...

Old plates with one letter represents one county per each, in general. Vestfold county changed from G to Z in 1929.

Never plates (after March 1971) with two letters represents one city per each.

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