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3 unusual facts about Bergen Steamship Company


Bergen Steamship Company

The Hurtigruten opened in 1893 to convey passengers and cargo along the Norwegian coast, initially from Trondheim to Hammerfest, later from Bergen to Kirkenes.

From 1928 the service terminated at the purpose-built Tyne Commission Quay, North Shields, only two miles from the Tyne piers and now part of the Royal Quays complex.

Johan Thesen

He was a supervisory council member of Bergens Kreditbank from 1897 to 1922, Bergens Telefonkompani from 1903, Bergen Mekaniske Verksted from 1912 to 1920 (and deputy board member from 1920 to 1929), Det Bergenske Dampskibselskab from 1919 and Æolus from 1924.



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