radj history

Lennart Valler and Ghilberg Ullberg formed a business relationship in 1952. It was in 1964 that Valler and Ullberg Mechaniska Verkstad were approached by a Swedish Design Company and asked to build a prototype snowmobile. The project was a failure but the seed was planted in Valler's mind. He took over the project and the first Rajd was built. It looked very much like a blue Polaris Sno-Traveller with a rear mounted engine which was the standard for the day.

In 1969 the first model with a tunnel mounted engine was introduced as the Fram Rajd Sport. Valler had copied the Ski-Doo. The hood was blue and the chassis was red.
An agreement with Fram King Bolagen was signed, authorizing them to distribute the new sled and the "Fram" name was added. In 1970 the program was expanded to five models and the company name was changed to Fram King.

In 1971 Fram King went bankrupt but Valler continued to market his sleds under the name "Rajd Industri AB." The sleds were once again "home." In 1976 Ockelbo Industri AB bought the company. Valler went to Canada and bought the entire left over inventory of Skiroule Laser 400/440 from the manufacturer. In Sweden some of the sleds were labeled "Rajd" and some wore the Ockelbo nameplate. It took three years to finally sell out the approximately 400 sleds. It was in 1978 that Ockelbo Industri AB pulled the plug on "Rajd" production and it was April 17, 1979 that the last "Rajd" was sold from inventory. Lennart Valler died in 1998.