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5 unusual facts about Hurtigruten


Hurtigruten Group

The company provides services in bus transport, passenger ferry transport, automobile ferry transport, cruise ships, and tourism planning — in addition to operating Hurtigruten, the coastal ferry service along the Norwegian coast from which it takes its name.

Hurtigruten Group is the sole operator of the Hurtigruten (literally "The Fast Route"), a daily passenger ferry, cruise, and shipping line along the western and northern Norwegian coast.

Nor Lines

The company operates 11 vessels in addition to disposition of the cargo sections of the Coastal Express.

Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab

Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab or OVDS was a Norwegian shipping company that operated ferries in Northern Norway, including the Coastal Express, car ferries and passenger ferries.

Roger Ingebrigtsen

He has also been information or communications director in the Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Hurtigruten and Tromsø 2018.


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.

Daniel Skjeldam

Trygve Hegnar, the largest shareholder in Hurtigruten, personally headhunted Skjeldam to the position of CEO of the company in the autumn of 2012.


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