Johnson Line - Johnsonlinjen - Rederi AB Nordstjernan

Johnson Line
(Johnsonlinjen - Rederi AB Nordstjernan)

Sweden

Click for larger view including the back cover

Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Sailings December 1920-January 1921 (departures) (issued December 7, 1920)
Annie Johnson	Stockholm, Gothenburg, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires
Prinsessan Ingeborg	Malmö, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Talcahuano, Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Iquique, Callao, Guayaquil, Balboa, San Pedro, San Francisco, Seattle, Tacoma, Central American ports, Columbian and Venezuelan ports, Gothenburg and other European ports. (The exact order of ports of call can not be determined from the schedule. The route via the east coast of South America, Strait of Magellan, west coast of South America, U.S. and Canadian west coast, Central America, Panama Canal, West Indies and back to Europe is believed to be correct.)
The brochure lists many other ships arriving in Scandinavia from Brazil/River Plate (Santos/Rio de Janeiro/Buenos Aires), West Indies (San Juan), Central America (San Salvador/Guatemala), North Pacific (San Francisco/Seattle/Vancouver) and South Pacific (Guayaquil/Valparaiso).

(From the collection of Gunnar Saltin)
Click to view the complete brochure

Vessel(s)	Ports of call
General information & rates brochure/deck plan (no sailings listed) (issued October 1925)
Axel Johnson Annie Johnson Buenos Aires Balboa Canada Santos Valparaiso Lima	Typical route: Gothenburg, Oslo (optional), Antwerp, Puerto Colombia, Panama, Acajutla, San José, San Pedro (Los Angeles), San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver

(From the collection of Pär Carlgren)
Sailings January-February 1928 (issued January 24, 1928) for:
Axel Johnson, Annie Johnson, Suecia, Balboa, Buenos Aires, Santos, Valparaiso, Pacific, San Francisco, Pedro Christophersen, Kronprins Gustaf Adolf, Kronprinsessan Margareta
Ports of call:
Helsingborg, Malmö, Stockholm, Limhamn, Gothenburg, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires (return also to Helsinki);
Gothenburg, Antwerp, San Pedro, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver (return also to Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki);
others
Click for larger view

Click for larger view
Click for views of the interior of the brochure (1)
Click for views of the interior of the brochure (2)

Vessel(s)	Ports of call
General information and rates brochure/deck plan (no sailings listed) (Undated; c. early 1930s)
Margaret Johnson Axel Johnson Annie Johnson Buenos Aires Balboa Canada	Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, ports in Guatemala and Salvador, Panama, Cristobal, port in UK or Continental port, Gothenburg

Click for larger view (detail)
Click for views of the interior of the brochure (1)
Click for views of the interior of the brochure (2)

Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Promotional brochure (no sailings listed) (issued 1939)
Margaret Johnson Axel Johnson Annie Johnson Buenos Aires Balboa Canada Argentina Brasil Nordstjernan Uruguay Colombia Chile Peru Venezuela The 8 last listed ships above (the Argentina class) were mostly used on Johnson Line's routes to the east and west coasts of South America.	Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, ports in Guatemala (San José de Guatemala) and Salvador (La Libertad), Panama, Cristobal, London, Hull or Continental port(s), Gothenburg
Click to view photos of the Nordstjernan and Peru

Click for views of the interior of the brochure

Vessel(s)	Ports of call
Promotional brochure (no sailings listed) (issued 1947)
Nordstjernan Uruguay Colombia Chile Peru Ecuador Argentina Brasil Suecia Venezuela Panama Bolivia Paraguay Guayana (building) La Plata Amazonas Orinoco Bio-Bio	Gothenburg, Antwerp, La Guaira, Curaçao, Cristobal, Buenaventura, Guayaquil, Callao, Arica (occasionally), Valparaiso. Return voyages: Valparaiso, Antofagasta, Callao and/or other Peruvian ports, Cristobal, Curaçao, Antwerp, Gothenburg.

General information and rates brochure/deck plan (no sailings listed) valid from June 1, 1966 for:
Nordstjernan, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Brasil, Suecia, Venezuela, Panama, Bolivia, Guayana, Bio Bio, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santos, Rosario, Brasilia, Bahia Blanca, Seattle, Golden Gate, Los Angeles, Lions Gate, Silver Gate, Portland, California, Canada
Ports of call:
Gothenburg, Antwerp, Southampton, Curaçao, Panama Canal/Cristobal, San Pedro, San Francisco, Vancouver, Hawaii;
Gothenburg, Antwerp, La Guaira, Curaçao, Panama Canal/Cristobal, Buenaventura, Guayaquil, Callao, Valparaiso;
Gothenburg, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Southampton, San Juan (P.R.), La Guaira, Aruba, Puerto Cabello, Santa Marta, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Panama Canal, Buenaventura, Puntarenas, San Juan del Sur, Corinto, La Union, La Libertad, Acajutla, San José de Guatemala, Champerico;
Gothenburg, Hamburg, Antwerp, Las Palmas, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires
Click for a view of the interior
Click to view a 1950s brochure published in Argentina

General information and rates brochure/deck plan (no sailings listed) (undated; c. late 1960s) for:
Santos, Montevideo, Rosario, Bahia Blanca
Ports of call:
Vancouver, Gothenburg.
Intermediate calls not clearly stated as other ports are also listed. Probably similar to the route in 1966 (above).
Click for larger view
Click to view a photo of the Rosario

See the archives section for more brochures of Johnson Line.
See also the shipping in 1971 section.

Johnson Line fleet information, history etc. on the following website:

Pär Carlgren's tribute site (in Swedish) to Johnson Line has many photos of its ships,
including all of those mentioned on this website's pages on Johnson Line.

Berry Gunnarsson's Johnson Line is another tribute site with lots of photos.
You may also find an abridged English version which includes the history of the line.

Yet another site, Kommandobryggan (The Bridge), has many photos of Johnson Line's ships and details its history (in Swedish).

You may use my images on another website.
Then please credit them as being from the collection of Björn Larsson,
and preferably provide a link to my Introduction page.
Thank you!
Please note that an image of a brochure or other item provided by another collector
may not be used without prior permission from its owner.

This page last updated November 16, 2009.