[vintermann]

There was also the Nord-5, which beat the VAX by another couple of years as a 32-bit minicomputer.

[Instantix]

Yeah, 1972 - "Nord-5 was Norsk Data's first 32-bit machine and was claimed to be the first 32-bit minicomputer". The Wikipedia record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord-5

[pinewurst]

Also Interdata with the 7/32 and 8/32.