Editing Scania AB (section)

===First World War and 1920s===
Because there were many inexpensive, imported cars in Sweden at the time, Scania-Vabis decided to build high-class, luxury cars, for instance the type III limousine from 1920 that had a [[top hat]] holder in the roof. [[Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland|Prince Carl of Sweden]] owned a 1913 Scania-Vabis 3S, a type which was fitted with in-car buttons so the passenger could communicate with the driver. Scania-Vabis also built two-seat sports cars (or "sportautomobil").<ref>{{cite book |first=Gert |last=Ekström |year=1984 |title=Svenska bilbyggare |publisher=Allt om hobby |isbn=91-85496-22-7}}</ref>

For the next few years the company's profits stagnated, with around a third of their orders coming from abroad.<ref name="autoevo"/> The outbreak of the First World War, however, changed the company, with almost all output being diverted to the [[Swedish Army]]. By 1916, Scania-Vabis was making enough profit to invest in redeveloping both of their production facilities.<ref name="autoevo"/>

Following the war, in 1919, Scania decided to focus completely on building trucks, abandoning other outputs including cars and buses.<ref name="autoevo"/> However, they were hurt by the swamping of the market with decommissioned military vehicles from the war, and by 1921 the company was bankrupt.<ref name="truckerlinks"/>

After some economic difficulties in 1921, new capital came from [[Stockholms Enskilda Bank]] owned by the [[Wallenberg family]], and Scania-Vabis became a solid and technically, high standing, company.

;Denmark
Towards the end of 1913, the company established a subsidiary in Denmark. The following year the first Danish-built car, a four-[[car seat|seater]] [[phaeton body|Phaeton]], was built at the company's Frederiksberg factory in [[Copenhagen]]. In 1914, the factory produced Denmark's first Scania-Vabis truck, and following this developed a [[V8 engine]], one of the first in the world. In 1921, having sold around 175 trucks, and 75 cars, the Danish operation was closed down.<ref name="truckerlinks"/>

;Norway
In 1917 an agreement was established with the newly formed Norwegian company Norsk Automobilfabrik A/S about production under license of Scania-Vabis cars and lorries. Production began in 1919, but was ended in 1921 after production of only 77 lorries, mostly built from Swedish produced parts.