4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1963–90
NAMED MODELMilitary · OtherNorwaySweden

L3314N (Norwegian Army, Raufoss)

Norway’s Laplander: about 2,000 L3314N assembled at Raufoss with a 24-volt NATO electrical system for the Norwegian Army from 1963, and about 200 desert-adapted L3314N Öken for Saudi Arabia.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEL3314 Laplander (1961–70)BUILT BYVolvo (Lundby, Gothenburg), Raufoss AmmunisjonsfabrikkerIN SERVICE1963–90OPERATED INNorway, Saudi ArabiaPRODUCTIONAbout 2,000LAYOUT4 wheels · 82.7″

The record

Norway assembled the Laplander at Raufoss for its NATO-standard fleet and ran it into the 1990s; the Saudi Öken (desert) version had extra cooling and dust protection.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURERVolvo (Lundby, Gothenburg) ↗, Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker ↗
Norway (assembly of Volvo kits)
MANUFACTURED1963–90
ENGINE1.8-litre B18 four
PRODUCTION RUNAbout 2,000 (Norway); about 200 (Saudi Arabia)
COUNTRY OF ORIGINNorway
OPERATED INNorway, Saudi Arabia
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEL3314 Laplander and C202
FAMILYL3314 Laplander and C202
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE82.7″
BODY STYLEsoft
CATEGORYMilitary · Other

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Volvo Laplander ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft