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The Olympia SM Family: A German Portable in Seven Acts

The SM series ran from 1949 to 1972 across seven numbered generations. Each generation solved a problem the previous one had created. Read together they are a compact history of the post-war portable.

May 8, 2026 · Rainer Ott

A green Olympia SM4 portable typewriter with a case beside it.

Typewriter History

Olympia's SM Series: The German Portable's Golden Age

If the Olivetti Lettera 32 is the portable a writer chose for beauty, the Olympia SM is the portable an engineer chose for feel. Twenty years of production, ten model numbers, and one of the finest keyboards ever put on a portable.

January 15, 2026 · Ilya Konev