MS Gripsholm was an ocean liner, built in 1924 by Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, for the Swedish American Line for use in the Gothenburg-New York City run. She was of great historical importance as the first ship built for transatlantic express service as a diesel-powered motor vessel, rather than as a steamship.
Gripsholm in her original black-hulled livery
Image of a Polish passport used for repatriation from China to Africa in 1942.
NDL passenger ship Berlin starting from New York City in 1957
German postage stamp 1955 for issue in the year of renaming.
Swedish American Line 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. In 1925 the company changed its name to Svenska Amerika Linien / Swedish American Line.
Swedish American Line
Greta Garbo and Mauritz Stiller on board the SS Drottningholm in 1925, en route to the United States.
MS Kungsholm of 1928, with her original black hull colour.
Stigbergskajen quay in Gothenburg where the steamers of the Swedish American Line moored, and the port terminal "The American Shed". Shown in 1944.
