House flags of Swedish Shipping Companies (8)

Göteborg

Swallowtail per saltire blue and yellow; in center white disk charged with black "H"
T Jarig Bakker, 8 August 2005

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US Navy (1961) rendition	J.E. Manne rendition
images contributed by Neale Rosanoski, 10 May 2006

The source website shows the central circle is outlined black and this is supported by Lloyds 1904 and 1912 ^[1] and by the cap badge appearing in Collectors Corner. The company originated in the 1890s being operated by F.B. Walqvist who sold it to J.E. Mann in 1918 who in turn restructured it as the Nya Ångfartygs A/B Heimdal. I cannot find anything on the company thence until the early 1950s when it is shown by Lloyds as being operated by Rudolf Hellberg who appears to have operated from the same address as Manne. US Navy 1961 ^[8] shows a similar flag for Hellberg but with a larger circle though this may mean nothing. Whether it is the original flag, despite the name change of the company, or a version adopted by Hellberg for his own use as he is shown as owning a vessel as well as operating those of Nya Ångfartygs A/B Heimdal, is unclear. J.E. Manne also had a similar flag but with an "M" although in this case the circle is shown as smaller, both by the cap badge in Collectors Corner and [even more so] by US Navy 1961.
Neale Rosanoski, 10 May 2006

Helmsig & Grimm is the wrong name. This should read Svenska Lloyd Rederi A/B [as is shown by Stewart], also known as Swedish Lloyd, and was adopted about World War 1 to replace the previous flag of yellow with a blue saltire apparently to avoid confusion with the Russian Naval Ensign.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 August 2003

Formed 1988 to operate the port and owned by the city. The flag as shown by a Collectors Corner cap badge is white with, what I take to be, a stylised "H" [see h118] with the badge appearing to show a darker and brighter blue but going by the design appearing on the tug "Kullen" and the logo on their website a softer shade seems likely. The tugs themselves are under the ownership of Helsingborgs Bogser A/B and from around the mid 1990s they have been under the managerment of Bogser Team Oresund A/B and a photo of "Kullen" in August 2006 shows that they are now using the manger's livery with the flag being white, a pair of blue wavy lines, the black legend 'BOGSER TEAM ORESUND AB" with the words decreasing in size and underneath the black outline of a hook attached to a black chain which is drawn out straight as an underline to the bottom words [see b635].
Neale Rosanoski, 9 February 2007

Ship: SS Carl Henckel

Blue flag with yellow top and bottom; in center blue disk with yellow rays, charged with yellow "H".
Jarig Bakker, 16 August 2005

Ivar Lundh & Co AB (Stockholm, Sweden) - White with blue stylized IL.
Dov Gutterman, 24 October 2003

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Ivar Lundh & Co AB was founded 1912 and was working as family owned company until 1956. Today the company is owned by 5 executives of the company.

All through the years Ivar Lundh & Co AB has been active primarily in the Baltic and North Sea markets
Jarig Bakker, 24 October 2004