Norwegian America Line

Norwegian American Line

Industry	Cargo and passenger shipping
Fate	Defunct
Founded	1910
Defunct	1995
Headquarters	Oslo
Key people	Gustav Henriksen
Subsidiaries	Norwegian East Africa Line

Norwegian America Line (Norwegian: Den Norske Amerikalinje), was a cruise ship line, originally an operator of passenger and cargo ships. Founded in 1910, the company ran a regular transatlantic service between Norway and the United States, and later to East Africa as well.

Primarily due to competition from air travel, transatlantic passenger voyages were discontinued in 1971.

Ships

List sourced from^[1][2]

Passenger ships

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Ship	Built	In service for NAL	Type	Tonnage	Notes
SS Kristianiafjord	1913	1913–1917	ocean liner	10,699 GRT	Sunk 1917.
SS Bergensfjord	1913	1913–1940	ocean liner	10,666 GRT	Taken over by British authorities and converted to a troopship, 1940.
SS Mari SS Oslofjord	1923	1923 1923-1930		215 GRT
Greek Line, 1967. Caught fire and sunk, 1970.
French Line as De Grasse, 1971.
MS Sagafjord	1965	1965–1983	ocean liner / cruise ship	24,002 GRT	Sold to Cunard Line 1983. Sold to Saga Cruises 1997 and renamed Saga Rose. Scrapped 2009.
MS Vistafjord	1973	1973–1983	cruise ship	24,292 GRT	Sold to Cunard Line 1983. Since 2004 Saga Ruby for Saga.

Managing directors

• 1911-1939 Gustav Henriksen
• 1939-1948 Andreas Johnsen
• 1948-1973 Hans Christian Henriksen

Chairmen of the Board

• 1929-1939 Sigval Bergesen
• 1940-1948 Thor Thoresen
• 1948- ? Leif Høegh

See also

• Hamburg America Line
• Holland America Line
• Scandinavian America Line
• Swedish America Line

References

1. ^ Asklander, Micke. "Norska Amerikalinje A/S" (in in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/norska_amerikalinje.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-29. 
2. ^ "Norwegian-America Line". The Ships List. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/noramerica.html. Retrieved 2008-02-29. 

External links

• The Ships List
• Simplon Postcards
• Norway Heritage -- Hands across the sea
• Passenger Lists from Den Norske Amerikalinje (Norwegian-America Line)