Swedish American Line
(Svenska Amerika Linien - SAL)

Sweden

Sailings October 1922-November 1923 for:
Drottningholm, Stockholm
Ports of call:
New York, Gothenburg
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Sailings January-December 1926 (issued January 12, 1926)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Gripsholm Gothenburg, New York.
Return voyages: New York, Boston (one voyage in April only), Gothenburg
Stockholm
Drottningholm		 Gothenburg, Halifax (normally), New York.
Return voyages: New York, Halifax (Feb-Apr + Nov-Dec), Boston (May-June), Gothenburg

Sailings September 1928-December 1929 (issued August 27, 1928) for:
Gripsholm, Kungsholm, Drottningholm, Stockholm
Ports of call:
New York, Halifax, Gothenburg
Click to see a photo of the Gripsholm
Click to see photos of the interior of the Gripsholm

Sailings January-November 1930 (issued December 9, 1929)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Gripsholm
Kungsholm
Drottningholm		 New York, Halifax (not during summer/autumn), Gothenburg.
Westbound voyages omitted Halifax only occasionally.

Sailings November 1934-December 1935 (issued October 6, 1934)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Gripsholm
Kungsholm
Drottningholm		 New York, Halifax (not during summer), Gothenburg

Sailings February 1938-December 1938 (issued January 29, 1938) for:
Gripsholm, Kungsholm, Drottningholm
Ports of call:
New York, Halifax, Copenhagen, Gothenburg

Sailings October 1938-October 1939 (issued October 10, 1938) for:
Stockholm, Gripsholm, Kungsholm, Drottningholm
Ports of call:
New York, Halifax, Copenhagen, Gothenburg
Sailings January-October 1953
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Gripsholm
Stockholm		 Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Bremerhaven?, Halifax?, New York

Sailings March-December 1947 (issued March 17, 1947) for:
Gripsholm, Drottningholm
Ports of call:
New York, Gothenburg

Sailings October 1949-December 1950 (issued October 10, 1949) for:
Gripsholm, Stockholm
Ports of call:
New York, Halifax, Copenhagen, Gothenburg
Click to view postcards of the Stockholm

Sailings January-November 1950 (issued November 4, 1949)
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Gripsholm Gothenburg, Halifax (March-May only), New York.
Return voyages: New York, Gothenburg.
Stockholm Gothenburg, New York.
Return voyages: New York, Copenhagen, Gothenburg.


(From the collection of Gunnar Saltin)

Sailings January-October 1953
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Gripsholm
Stockholm		 Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Bremerhaven?, Halifax?, New York

Sailings December 1953-November 1954 (issued November 10, 1953) for:
Kungsholm, Gripsholm, Stockholm
Ports of call:
New York, Halifax, Bremerhaven, Copenhagen, Gothenburg
Click to view exterior and interior photos of the Kungsholm
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Click to view exterior and interior photos of the Stockholm
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Sailings May-December 1956 (issued May 1, 1956) for:
Kungsholm, Stockholm
Ports of call:
New York, Halifax, Bremerhaven, Copenhagen, Gothenburg
Click to view a photo of the Kungsholm
Click to view an illustration of the Stockholm

Sailings January-December 1957
Vessel(s) Ports of call
Gripsholm (includes maiden voyage)
Kungsholm
Stockholm		 Gothenburg and/or Copenhagen, New York.

(Frequent calls at Halifax and occasional calls at Bremerhaven and Aarhus. See the interior of the sailing list for the many combinations of ports of call on different voyages.)

Sailings January 1964-February 1965 (issued December 16, 1963) for:
Gripsholm, Kungsholm
Ports of call:
New York, Copenhagen, Gothenburg
Click to view a photo of the Gripsholm

Sailings May-August 1971 (issued January 1971) for:
Kungsholm, Gripsholm
Ports of call:
New York, Copenhagen, Gothenburg
Click to view a photo of the Kungsholm

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

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For joint Swedish American Line/Rederi AB Transatlantic ("SAL-Trans") sailing lists, see Transatlantic.

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

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Lars Henningstam's A Tribute to the Swedish American Line has detailed histories of SAL's liners.

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The Simplon Postcards website has a page on the history of the Swedish American Line with many postcards/photos.

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The Norway Heritage website has a section on the Swedish American Line with the history and postcards/photos of the line's first five vessels.

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Kommandobryggan (The Bridge), has many photos of SAL's passenger liners and freighters.

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Great Ships website shows postcards of many old liners and also has brief histories.
See the Index of Ships page. (See "Swedish American Line" section.)

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Then please credit them as being from the collection of Björn Larsson,
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Thank you!
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This page last updated December 6, 2009.