Swedish American Line

Swedish American Line
IndustryCargo and passenger shipping
Founded1915
Defunct1984 (former SAL)
SuccessorRederi Swedish American Line AB
HeadquartersGothenburg, Sweden
Key people
Dan Broström
ParentBroström Group
SubsidiariesSouth Atlantic Lines, Home Lines, Hoverlloyd, Swedish Atlantic Line, Atlantic Container Line
Greta Garbo and Mauritz Stiller on board the SS Drottningholm in 1925, en route to the United States.

Swedish American Line (Swedish: Svenska Amerika Linien, abbr. SAL) was a Swedish passenger shipping line. It was founded in December 1914 under the name Rederiaktiebolaget Sverige-Nordamerika and began ocean liner service from Gothenburg to New York in 1915.[1][2] In 1925 the company changed its name to Svenska Amerika Linien / Swedish American Line.[2]

The Swedish American Line was among the first companies to build liners with provisions for off-season cruising, as well as the world's first company to build a diesel-engined transatlantic liner.[3] Increased operational costs and stronger competition from aeroplanes[4][5] forced the company to abandon passenger traffic in 1975,[1] but cargo operations continued until the 1980s.[6]

  1. ^ a b Ian Boyle. "Swedish American Line". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
  2. ^ a b "SAL Timeline". A tribute to the Swedish American Line. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
  3. ^ Dawson (2005), pp. 80–82
  4. ^ "Svenska Amerika Linien (1915–1975)" (in Swedish). Ellis Island. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. ^ Mats Carlsson-Lénart (10 December 2015). "Svenska Amerika Linien fyller 100" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  6. ^ Micke Asklander. "Svenska Amerika Linjen". Fakta om Fartyg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2008.