Albin Marine

Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Boat building
Founded	1956
Defunct	1982
Headquarters	Sweden
Products	Marine engines Sailboats

Albin Marine was a Swedish boat builder. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.

History

In 1899, Lars Albin Larsson founded Albin Motors in Kristinehamn, building marine engines. In 1956, the managing director Lars Larsson decided to get into the boat business and started Larsson Trade AB to export boats built by Harry Hallberg to the United States of America. In 1964, the company decided to built its own fiberglass boats, first with the Vega 27 in 1965. In 1971, the company was renamed to Albin Marin. ^{[1] [2]} Some of its later sailboats were produced under contract in Taiwan. The company produced sailboats from 19 to 41 ft (5.8 to 12.5 m) length overall, many of which were designed by Swedish designers Peter Norlin [ sv] and Per Brohäll [ sv]. ^{[3] [4]}

In 1973, Albin Marin was sold to Pribo, and in 1982, Albin Marine filed for bankruptcy. The insolvency assets was bought to create Nya Albin Marin, and further boats were produced, later also by other boat builders. ^{[2] [5]} In 2008 the company's brand was purchased by an American company and it was used for a line of powerboats. ^{[3] [4]}

Boats

Summary of boats built by Albin Marine: ^{[3] [4]}

• Vega 27 - 1965
• Viggen 23 - 1966
• Shipman 28 - 1969
• Scampi 30-2 - 1970
• Singoalla 34 - 1970
• Ballad 30 - 1971
• Scampi 30-4 - 1973
• Albin 79 - 1974
• Accent 26 - 1975
• Albin 82 MS - 1975
• Albin 57 - 1977
• Albin Express - 1978
• Cumulus 28 - 1978
• Albin 7.8 - 1979
• Cirrus 7.8 - 1979
• Stratus 36 - 1980
• Nimbus 42 - 1981
• Nova 33 - 1981
• Delta 31 - 1983
• Alpha 29 - 1984

See also

• List of sailboat designers and manufacturers

References

External links

• Media related to Albin Marin at Wikimedia Commons