Swedish Amercan Line Cruises

Front cover of Swedish American Line's GRIPSHOLM winter cruises: two West Indies Cruises, (and West Indies sounds POSH compared to present day Caribbean cruises) and one long cruise to South America. The cruise ship is the GRIPSHOLM of 1957, but the passenger liner depicted on the cover is not the GRIPSHOLM, but her earlier near sister, the KUNGSHOLM of 1953. 

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GRIPSHOLM and KUNGSHOLM

Bill Miller recalls two handsome Swedish passenger liners and cruise ships I knew so well in the nineteen sixties and up to 1975: "The Swedish American Line had a glorious reputation: first rate service, food & ambiance. And of course they offered the most wonderful, long cruise itineraries. Their two ships, the GRIPSHOLM of 1957 & KUNGSHOLM of 1966, were thought to be much like "large yachts". The GRIPSHOLM, for example, carried only 450 passengers (out of a total of 842 berths on normal crossings) on her cruises -- and then with 450 handpicked crew. 

The two ships rarely met ... but on occasion, they did call in the same port. Here's a view from Copenhagen in 1972."

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THE GRIPSHOLM & BERLIN 1925-1965

Reproduction of two different post cards of the same ship under different names : the Swedish American Line m.s. GRIPSHOLM of 1925 in her original form and later in her long career as the German BERLIN.
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