Enoch Thulin of Landskrona realised early on the importance of manufacturing aircraft engines in parallel with aircraft, and during the First World War, he began manufacturing rotating star engines. Scania-Vabis also manufactured water-cooled aircraft engines in the decade following 1910. In 1930, however, AB Volvo Flygmotor became the only Swedish company engaged in the mass production of aircraft engines, and signed licensing agreements with companies such as Daimler Benz of Germany and De Havilland Engine Co of England.
Fourteen aircraft engines exhibited
The Swedish Air Force Museum has an extensive collection of aircraft engines, consisting of both piston engines and jet engines. Although most of these are in storage, 14 aircraft engines are exhibited in the museum. Visitors can study piston engines, such as the Isotta Franschini V-6, MY XII and Rolls Royce Griffon 66. Jet engines include the RM 1, RM 2, and RM 8. The latter was built for the Saab 37 Viggen, and like the RM2, was equipped with an afterburner.