It was based on the earlier Thulin L and E aircraft, with a new engine, fuselage and empennage.

This type also made the first passenger transport flights between Sweden and Denmark in 1919.

The engine used was a Thulin G, which was an 11-cylinder 75 kW (100 hp) Le Rhône 11F (bore x stroke 105 mm × 140 mm (4.1 in × 5.5 in)),[nb 1] manufactured under licence by Thulinverken in Sweden.

The Finnish Air Force (The Whites) received one aircraft as a gift from Sweden from the grocery magnate G. Svensson in the spring of 1918.

Thulin also made a floatplane version of the LA, based on the Albatros B.II-W ("Wasserflugzeug").