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![[Flag of DFDS Scandinavian Seaways]](../images/d/dk~dfds.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 29 November 2005
From the website of the National
Maritime Museum, the house flag of the United Steamship Co., Copenhagen. A
rectangular blue flag with a white cross formy pattée. The flag is made of a
wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn."
Brown (1951) has: Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab,
København.
Jarig Bakker, 2 September 2004
DFDS Scandinavian Seaways (Passenger Vessels), Copenhagen - blue flag, white
cross formy.
Source: Loughran (1995)
Jarig Bakker, 29 November 2005
Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S. More precisely Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S which led to the current name of DFDS A/S being adopted in 1970.
![[Flag of Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S]](../images/d/dk~d107.gif)
by Michael Wilson
The flag is a dark blue and apparently still applies although another flag appears on the Josef Nüsse site of white with the white cross paty appearing on a blue circle in the hoist accosted with the red legend of "DFDS" over "SEAWAYS" and the flag base consisting of a biband of light over dark blue which would refer either to the DFDS Seaways Service instituted in 1971 or possibly the subsidiary DFDS Seaways A/S formed in 2000. It is in line with the vessel colour scheme but may not have been actually used at sea.
![[Flag of Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S]](../images/d/dk~d108.gif)
by Michael Wilson
A similar flag, but with the cross appearing within a white ring on a blue angled panel and the legend being blue and "DFDS" over "TOR LINE" shows on the company site for DFDS Tor Line A/S which was formed in 1998.
![[Flag of Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S]](../images/d/dk~t154.gif)
by Michael Wilson
Again on the Nüsse site such a flag shows, but without the "DFDS"
reference, and this appears to relate to the fact that the company was
originally Tor Line A/B of Sweden [though is now based in Norway] formed in 1966
with a white flag bearing a black and white target emblem above 2 blue wavy
lines of sea, the Nüsse flag presumably adopted
after the company was acquired at some point by DFDS and the website version
adopted after the 1999 name change to DFDS Tor Line A/S. (It is now somewhat
difficult to allocate such groups to one specific country without losing the
thread).
Neale Rosanoski, 27 April 2004
![[Flag of Scandlines]](../images/d/dk~scand.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker
Scandlines operates ferries in the south Baltic sea; I don't know if it is
based in only one country, or in all three (or even more) countries of Sweden,
Germany, Denmark. The biggest ferry seems to be from Putgarten, on Fehmarn in
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, to Rødby, on Lolland island in
Denmark (and back of course), taking about 50 minutes. Also the ferry from Heldingør in Denmark to Helsingborg in Sweden is run by Scandlines. More
information can be found on the Danish homepage of the company
(http://www.scandlines.dk/DKFront/Front_DK) where I also got the logo. The
flag is a white field with the company logo in the center.
Jarig Bakker, 3 August 2003
![[Flag of ScanDutch I/S]](../images/d/dk~scan.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website
White flag with a red three-bladed propeller in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002
![[Flag of Schach Steenberg & Co.]](../images/d/dk~ssc.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker
A white flag, three blue wavy bars.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels (Wedge 1926)
Jarig Bakker, 19 December 2004
The current incarnation of the SFDS appears only to exist to operate the M/S
Helge, which flies Red, a White double-bladed axe with details in Blue. I
don't know what happened to the original SFDS, but the building of the
SFDS (still showing the Axe above the door) is hired by the unrelated shipping
company T&C Thor Chartering A/S.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 August 2001
![[Flag of Skou International A/S]](../images/d/dk~skou.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 21 October 2005
Source: Loughran (1995)
Skou International A/S, Copenhagen - blue flag, white "S".
Jarig Bakker, 21 October 2005
If the Skou companies were indeed the exact same, which it might be a diligent
researcher could extract from
http://www.leokragh.dk/Skou/Skou/Rederiet%20Skou/rederiet_skou.htm, at
least Rederiet Ove Skou would appear to be the original name, and as such it
would be worth preserving, IMO, even if the entries were to be merged. But I
really wonder whether all those Skou companies could all have had their own
specific flags.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 June 2013
![[Flag of H.C.C. Christensen]](../images/d/dk~snts.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker
Also known as The Great Northern Telegraph [or Telephone] Co. Ltd.
Store Nordiske Telegraf-Selsab, Copenhagen - red flag, white Maltese cross.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels (Wedge 1926)
Jarig Bakker, 20 January 2005
Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab was quite a
successful company in its day. In periods, it took care of parts of the Danish
foreign policy towards Russia. The company has changed quite a lot since. The
core of the company is now GN Great Nordic (at http://www.gn.dk , but the cable and telegraph activities are in GN Great
Northern Telegraph Company.
Ole Andersen, 20 June 2001
A different flag is shown at Det Store Nordiske Telegraf-Selskab A/S as shown in Flaggenbuch (1939)
![[Flag of Sundbusserne]](../images/d/dk_subu.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 February 2021
Sundbusserne is a shipping line which only carries pedestrian passengers on the HH Ferry route between Elsinore (Danish: Helsingør), at north-east Zealand, Denmark and Hälsingborg, Scania, Sweden.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 February 2021
And other destinations on the Sound if there's interest. Basically, they
are the small passenger boats that fill in the gaps left by the big
ferries. The HH is their main-line, though.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 28 February 2021
Since 2010 they depart every hour from Helsingør.
They started under Norwegian flag in 1958, and during the time between the 1960s and the first decade of the second millennium they departured every 15th or 20th minute from each harbour. Owner until 2007 was A/S Moltzau.
In 2007 the shipping line was sold and renamed to "ACE-link". After a failed investment in two little larger ships they went into bankruptcy. But soon afterwards the line was restarted again with one of their older ships, M/F PERNILLE.
The new flag is white, blue “S” in centre and red disc in lower hoist and upper fly. The discs are representing Helsingør (hoist) and Hälsingborg (fly), the “S” is representing the Øresund between the two cities.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 February 2021
Except, that there's nothing to identify either of the towns. They are
just on opposite sides, so close together you see it if something big is
going on at the other quay.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 28 February 2021
I spotted this flag on 10 June 2016 in Helsingør Harbour.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 25 February 2021
Also:
<https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/FLAGS/se~hf15.html#Sund>
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 28 February 2021
![[Flag of Svendborg Bugser A/S]](../images/d/dk~svbug.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 11 May 2011
Svendborg, a port in the S. of Fyn, Denmark, is home to Svendborg Bugser A/S
(i.e. Svendborg Towing Co. Ltd). Website, English (url followed by quote from Introduction):
http://www.svendborgbugser.dk/
"Svendborg Bugser A/S is an independent family owned company, presently
operating (...) a diverse fleet of tugs and pontoons of varying operational
capacity (...) offer[ing] expert service on a diverse range of projects,
including towages, salvage, cable laying, offshore wind turbine construction,
barge-transportation, heavy-lifts (ship sections, superstructures, constructions
etc.), supply-services and crewing. Historically, the majority of our operations
were based in vicinity of the Baltic & North Seas, but we are now increasingly
more active in other areas, such as the Mediterranean, Africa, Transatlantic and
the Black Sea."
This page also leads to a 2005 article offering more information: coastal ship
operator Niels Henriksen sold his four ships in 1977 to branch into towing,
typically acquiring able and, as business developed materially and
geopgraphically, larger tugs from other companies. Currently, son and co-partner
Niels Ove Henriksen owns Rederiet Junior ApS, operating smaller tugs, and with
his father owns Baltic Towing Co.
See the 'Fleet List' (upper menu) for the usual details but also 'News' giving
lots of photos showing Svenborg active in towing ships and loads of all kinds,
some of them spectacular.
The house flag is white bearing the founder's initials "NH" in red (no serifs)
and apparently joined (vide website), as seen here:
http://www.svendborgbugser.dk/Default.aspx?ID=98
http://www.svendborgbugser.dk/Default.aspx?ID=85
http://www.tugspotters.com/tugs/fotos/s/SKANSUND%20(2).JPG
Detail of last photo attached as, the
image reminding us that the house flag repeats the national colours.
Jan Mertens, 08 May 2011
![[Flag of Svendsen & Christesen]](../images/d/dk~sc.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker
A red flag, white blue swallowtail, white shield with red saltire cross, over all stylized blue "A". Same type of "A" was
used by the Danish Asiatic Company after 1802.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels (Wedge 1926)
Jarig Bakker, 19 December 2004
![[Flag of Christian Andresen (Dampsk. Dania)]](../images/d/dk~s829.gif)
image by Rob Raeside
Svendsen & Christensen. Dated from 1898 with Lloyds 1904 showing a narrow
swallow-tailed long pennant and the normal swallow-tailed version by 1912. At
some stage prior to WW2 [my earliest mention is for 1939] they began trading
through A/S D/S Vendila and post WW2 this is [basically as they vary the title]
the name listed in Lloyds with the flag being shown also under this name by
Brown 1958 and Stewart 1963. By 1963 the fleet was no longer and Vendila was
acquired by Dannebrog Rederei A/S and presumably traded in their colours until
being merged into the associate Weco-Shipping I/S in 1972.
Neale Rosanoski, 29 January 2005
![[Flag of Svenson & Jesperon]](../images/d/dk~sj.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker
Svenson & Jesperson, Copenhagen - red flag, divided per white hoist diagonal;
at hoist top and fly bottom white 5-pointed star
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels (Wedge 1926)
Jarig Bakker, 20 January 2005
Svenson & Jesperson. Correct name as shown by Brown (Wedge 1926),
supported by Lloyds (1911), was Suenson &
Jespersen. Lloyds dates them at least 1916 and operating still in 1937. Brown
1929 shows the livery in a change to the name of M.N. Suenson but this may not
be correct.
Neale Rosanoski, 10 February 2005
![[Flag of A/S Em. Z. Svitzer]](../images/d/dk~svitz.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 21 October 2005
Source: Loughran (1995)
The company is the Scandinavian branch of the Svitzer-Wijsmuller group, founded
in August 2001 by the merging of Svitzer (Denmark) and Wijsmuller Bros (Baarn,
The Netherlands). The group is itself part of the A.P. Moller (Maersk) group. It
operates today the most powerful tug fleet in the world. Svitzer was founded in
1833 and owns today the towage and salvage companies Roda Bolaget (Sweden) and
Esvagt A/S (Denmark). Wijsmuller was founded in 1906 as Wijsmuller Bureau. Company website:
http://www.svitzerwijsmuller.com/
Ivan Sache, 27 November 2003
A/S Em. Z. Svitzer (Brondby). The flag is white and the cross blue (as per
the website
for a shot of the actual).
Neale Rosanoski, 11 September 2001
A poster from 1950 showing its wide ferry network shows the flag to be Red
with a Yellow two-bladed axe.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 August 2001
Continued as Danish Shipping Companies (T)
