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Öresundsbolaget
Scandinavian Ferry lines (SFL)
SweFerry - Scandlines
Page 1 - Conventional Ferries
This page is devoted to postcards of Öresundsbolaget, concentrating on ships built after 1900, when the company was formed.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below.
The Table
beneath gives links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual ships Below the table are official
postcards of the fleet
in chronological order. This page shows the conventional Öresundsbolaget ferries.
Page 2
shows the fast ferries - hydrofoils, catamarans etc.
In 1900 the contract for postal services from Copenhagen to Malmö and Helsingborg passed from DFDS to a Danish/Swedish consortium generally known as Öresundsbolaget, in practice made up from A/S Dampskibsselskabet Øresund of Denmark, and Svenska Rederiakstiebolaget Öresund of Sweden. Nine ships were taken over by the new company, namely the
Öresund
(1871),
Gefion
(1874),
Gylfe
(1874),
Gjedser
(1887),
Lund
(1861),
Malmö
(1870),
Hveen
(1882),
Saltsholm
(1882) and
Helsingborg
(1884). Only the ship names with links are shown on this page.
From 1905, new steamships
Öresund
(1905),
Hälsingborg
(1912),
Malmö
(1914) and
Sverige
(1929) were delivered. After the war, the modern motorships
Absalon
(1955),
Gripen
(1956),
Öresund
(1960), and
Örnen
(1962) replaced the pre-war steamships on the Copenhagen-Malmö route, plus new ferries were built for a Limhamn-Dragør service. Eventually, all the conventional ships were replaced by fast ferries - initially with hydrofoils and later with catamarans. Ownership of the Swedish ships passed to Scandinavian Ferry lines (SFL), SweFerry and Scandlines in later years, whilst Danish ships passed to the Danish part of Scandlines. A car carrying fast catamaran service also operated between Limhamn-Dragør. All services were rendered obsolete once the Öresund bridge was opened in 1999.
Öresundsbolaget, as part of Swedish Railways (SJ), also became involved with longer distance routes such as Malmö-Trävemünde, but these larger ships are not shown on this page, which only covers local Sweden-Denmark services out of Copenhagen and Dragør.
Ships on This Page:-
Absalon
(1955-1976)
Dragør
(1960-1969)
Drogden
(1963-1977)
Gefion
(1900-1933)
Gripen
(1956-1976)
Gylfe
(1900-1923)
Habicht II
(1978)
Hälsingborg
(1912-1946)
Hamlet
(1968-1996)
Helsingborg
(1946-1956)
Limhamn
(1960-1969)
Malmö
(1914-1961)
Ofelia
(1968-1996)
Öresund (1)
(1905-1957)
Öresund (2)
(1960-1980)
Örnen (1)
(1950-1959)
Ørnen (2)
(1962-1980)
Saltholm
(1967-1980)
Sankt Ibb
(1935-1962)
Scania
(1972-1999)
Fast Ferries on
Page 2
:-
Felix
(1996-2001)
Flyvefisken
(1965-1984)
Löberen
(1972-1985)
Løberen
(1990-2001)
Lommen
(1984)
Lommen
(1985-??)
Ørnen (3)
(1996-2001)
Prince Of The Waves
(1974-1975)
Princess Of The Waves
(1974-1975)
Queen Of The Waves
(1974-1975)
Sælen
(1993-2002)
Sjöbjörnen
(1996- )
Søbjørnen
(1994-1996)
Springeren (1)
(1967-1985)
Springaren (2)
(1991-2001)
Svalan (1)
(1965-1983)
Svalan (2)
(1995- )
Sverige
(1929-1960)
Tärnan
(1966-1983)
Tranen
(1977-??)
Tumleren
(1979-??)
Tunen
(1977-??)
Viggen
(1973-1987)
Westfoil
(1965-1967)
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
Hamlet
1968
Ofelia
1968
Öresund
Lindblad Polaris, Polaris
1960
Ørnen
Saronic Sun, Mistral, Mistral II, Le Mistral, Rendezvous
1962
Scania
1972
Öresundsbolaget Fleet List
Gylfe
(1900-23)
Gefion
(1900-33)
The two paddlesteamers
Gylfe
and
Gefion
were built in 1974 by Burmeister & Wain of Copenhagen for DFDS. Both were originally 274grt, but were rebuilt later to 387grt and 359grt respectively. They both passed to Öresundsbolaget in 1900, and continued to operate services from Copenhagen to Helsingborg and Malmö until sold in 1923 and 1933.
Oscar E.Kulls postcard of Gylfe, posted in 1902.
Modern E.Danielson postcard number 1837 showing a 1905 advertising poster.
The ships are
Gylfe
(foreground) and
Gefion
(background).
Öresund
(1905-1957)
Öresund
was built in 1905 by Kockums Varv, Malmö, for Svenska Rederi AB Öresund, Malmö. She served on the Copenhagen-Malmö and Helsingborg-Mölle routes until WW2, and just the former route after the war.
Öresund
was sold for breaking up in 1957.
Postcard of
Öresund
.
Postcard of
Öresund
.
Postcard of
Öresund
.
Postcard of
Öresund
.
Official Svenska Rederi AB Öresund postcard of
Öresund
.
Hälsingborg
(Svenska Rederi AB Öresund: 1912-1946)
Helsingborg
(Dampskibsselskabet Øresund: 1946-1956)
Hälsingborg
was built in 1912 in Copenhagen, for Svenska Rederi AB Öresund, Malmö. She served on the Copenhagen-Mölle and Helsingborg-Mölle routes until WW2, and just the former route after the war after being sold to partners Dampskibsselskabet Øresund in 1946 and renamed
Helsingborg
.
Helsingborg
was sold for breaking up in 1956.
Official Dampskibsselskabet Øresund postcard of
Helsingborg
.
Malmö
(1914-1961)
Malmö
was built in 1914 by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, for Dampskibsselskabet Øresund. She served on the Copenhagen-Malmö and Copenhagen-Helsingborg routes. In 1947 she was sold to partners Svenska Rederi AB Öresund, Malmö.
Malmö
was sold for breaking up in 1961.
Official Svenska Rederi AB Öresund postcard of
Malmö
.
Photographic postcard of
Malmö
.
A modern greetings card of
Malmö
(artist "SMK").
Sverige
(1929-1960)
Sverige
was built in 1929 by Helsingørs Jernskibs og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Helsingør, for Dampskibsselskabet Øresund. She served on the Copenhagen-Malmö and
Copenhagen-Helsingborg routes.
Official Dampskibsselskabet Øresund postcard of
Sverige
.
Sankt Ibb
(1935-1962)
Sankt Ibb
was built in 1935 by Frederikshavns Vaerft & Flydedok, Frederikshavn, Denmark, for A/S Dampskibsselskabet Öresund. She operated on the Copenhagen-Helsingborg-Mölle route until WW2. After the war, she returned to service between Copenhagen-Malmö and Copenhagen-Mölle, until sold to
Oy Bore-Ångfartygs Ab Bore
, Åbo, Finland in 1962, and renamed
Bore I
.
Official Dampskibsselskabet Øresund postcard of
Sankt Ibb
.
Official Ångfartygs Bore Ab/Höyrylaiva Oy Bore photograph of
Bore I
.
Örnen
(1950-1959)
Built in 1909 by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen for
A/S Dampskibsselskabet Bornholm
af 1866, Rønne, Bornholm as
Ørnen
. Sold in 1929 to Rederi AB Svea and renamed
Örnen
, for their Stockholm-Oskarshamn-Borgholm-Kalmar and Stockholm-Sundsvall-Härnösand-Örnsköldsvik services. In 1950 sold to
Svenska Rederi Ab Öresund, Malmö for the Malmö-Mölle service. Sold again in 1959 to Oy Vaasa-Umeå AB. She left the Baltic for service in Italy in 1966, and was broken up in 1972.
Scan supplied by
Fakta om Fartyg
.
Absalon
(1955-1976)
Absalon
was built 1955 by Aalborgs Vaerft A/S, Ålborg, Denmark, for Dampskibsselskabet Øresund. She served between Copenhagen-Malmö until 1975, when she was sold for further service in Greece with Constantinos G. Ventouris. She was rbriefly renamed
Mastrogiorgios
, but entered service between Heraklion-Thira the following year as the
Agois Georgios.
In 1985 she began to serve Igoumenitsa-Bari.
Agois Georgios
was sold to Kimolos Navigation in 1988, but sank the following year.
Official Dampskibsselskabet Øresund art postcard of
Absalon
.
Painting by Helge Rasmussen.
AB Grafisk Konst postcard 5/10 of
Gripen
and
Absalon
(left) in Malmö.
Pressbyrån postcard of
Absalon
.
Grako postcard 5/83 of
Absalon
entering Malmö.
Photo: Anders Redin.
Postcard of
Agios Georgios
.