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Joseph Nüsse shows on his website colour pictures of several house flags of shipping companies. The site is a very good source since it shows pictures of *real* flags. It is clear from his website that Joseph served (and maybe still serves) in the merchant navy and most probably regrets the decline in merchant shipping. The website disclaimer says that most of the companies whose house flags are shown there have gone out of business.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

Aalborg Portland A/S (Aalborg)

[Flag of Aalborg Portland A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Blue flag with a white disc charged with a triangle made of alternating blue and white lines.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

This logo is probably best known from Aalborg Portland's main product: cement, as it is printed on the paper bags that the cement is sold in.
Ole Andersen, 15 September 2002

A.E. Sørensen

[Flag of A.E. S&oslashrensen] by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

A.P. Møller (Maersk Line)

[Flag of A.P. M&oslashller (Maersk Line)]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Armada Shipping A/S (Fredensborg)

[Flag of Armada Shipping A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with a big curvilinear green triangle including a small white triangle.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

A/S Det Dansk-Franske D/S

[Flag of A/S Det Dansk-Franske D/S]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Basse & Co.

[Flag of Basse & Co.]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Blaesbjerg Marine (Aarhus)

[Flag of Blaesbjerg Marine] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with a blue cursive b letter divided by a blue horizontal line.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

Must be inspired by the 'Plimsoll line'
Ole Andersen, 15 September 2002

Bornholmstrafikken A/S (Aarhus)

[Flag of Bornholmstrafikken A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Red flag with two parallel diagonal white dashes near the fly. Bornholm is the easternmost Danish island.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

The dashes allude to the shape of the island: a parallelogram
Ole Andersen, 15 September 2002

C.Clausen

[Flag of C.Clausen] by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Clipper Denmark A/S (Hurnlebaek)

[Flag of Clipper Denmark A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with an oval blue C in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

C.K. Hansen

[Flag of C.K. Hansen]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Dampskibselsskabet af 1912 a/s

A painting in the Søfart museum in Troense shows the pennant of Dampskibselsskabet af 1912 a/s, Copenhagen: Blue with white 7 pointed star; heptagram 2 (meaning, "to the second point", I expect.)
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 August 2001

Dampskibs-Aktieselskabet Progress (Copenhagen)

[Flag of Dampskibs-Aktieselskabet Progress] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with a red seven-pointed star in the middle, an elongated and symmetrical Danish national flag placed along the upper edge of the flag, and a red stripe charged with progress in white placed along the lower edge of the flag. I guess this is an other Maersk-related company.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002

No, not Maersk. Besides, the company seems to have gone belly-up in the summer of 2000. There was talk of a management buy-out, but that seems to have failed.
Ole Andersen, 16 November 2002

Dampskibselskabet "Norden" (Copenhagen)

[Flag of Dampskibselskabet "Norden"] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Red flag with a white seven-pointed star. This is the Maersk star, is not it? We show a similar flag for P. Brown Jun. & Co.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002

No, Norden was established in 1871, the first Maersk company (D/S Svendborg) is from 1904.
Ole Andersen, 16 November 2002

Dania Chartering ApS (Copenhagen)

[Flag of Dania Chartering ApS] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Orange flag with a black triangle in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

A/S Deep Sea Shipping (Copenhagen)

[Flag of A/S Deep Sea Shipping] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Yellow flag with a thin blue stripe in the middle and D.S.S. in blue in canton.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

Det Danske Kulkompagni A/S

[Flag of Det Danske Kulkompagni A/S]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

A/S Em. Z. Svitzer (Brondby)

[Flag of A/S Em. Z. Svitzer] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

The World Salvage Directory (http://www.marine-salvage.com/wsd_int.htm) of the International Salvage Union (ISU) (http://www.marine-salvage.com) lists the member companies and show the houseflag of some of them (on each individual company page, linked from the directory). The flag of A/S Em. Z. Svitzer is a white flag with a blue Malta cross in the middle. Based in Brøndby, the company refloated in 1994 the 'Bravo', which was lost by a Russian tug whilst under tow from Croatia to Norway and grounded, and delivered it to Grimstad (South Norway).
Ivan Sache, 24 June 2001

Erik Winther

[Flag of Erik Winther]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S

[Flag of Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

De Forenede Kulimportører Handels-Selskab A/S

[Flag of De Forenede Kulimportører Handels-Selskab A/S]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Holm & Wonsild

[Flag of Holm & Wonsild]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Kosan Tankers A/S (Copenhagen)

[Flag of Kosan Tankers A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Blue flag with a yellow square diamond charged with a blue T in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

 

Langeland-Kiel Linien (Bagenkop)

[Flag of Langeland-Kiel Linien] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with L~K in black, underlined in green. Bagenkop is located in the south of the island of Langeland. This isalnd is located between the islands of Fyn (Fionia) and Lolland, and is separated from Kiel, the capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, by the Kiel Bay (Kieler Bucht).
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

J. Lauritzen

[Flag of J. Lauritzen]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

[Flag of J. Lauritzen] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Red flag with a trapezoidal swallow tail, a green trapezoid placed along the hoist, a thin white rectangular stripe between the green trapezoid and the fly, and the white letters JS placed above and beneath the white stripe, respectively. This a slightly different Lauritzen's houseflag from that above. There are no letters on it and the flag is made rectangular and symmetrical by adding a green trapezoidal along the fly. That flag is dated 1963.
Source: Joseph Nüsse website
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002
 

Jens Toft A/S (D/S Jutlandia A/S)

[Flag of Jens Toft A/S (D/S Jutlandia A/S)]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Marius Nielsen & Son

[Flag of Marius Nielsen & Son]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Mols-Linien A/S (Ebeltoft)

[Flag of Mols-Linien A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Blue flag with a white snow flake-like emblem in the middle, with eight rays
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002

These days, they seem to be using another logo (they may have merged with someone..), as seen on http://www.mols-linien.dk/ I think the snow flake emblem has to do with their (former?) engagement with DIFKO, an investment company.
Ole Andersen, 16 November 2002

Orion Rederierne A/S (Copenhagen)

[Flag of Orion Rederierne A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with a big red O in the middle and a blue vertical stripe placed along the hoist, charged with a representation of the constellation of Orion in white. Orion was a giant hunter who offended the goddess Artemis. As a punishment, she killed him and changed him into a constellation. The three stars placed in diagonal in the middle of the constellation are known as Orion's Belt.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002

Otto Danielsen Rederiet

[Flag of Otto Danielsen Rederiet]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Ove Skou

[Flag of Ove Skou]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

P. Bork Shipping A/S

[Flag of P. Bork Shipping A/S]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

P. Brown Jun. & Co.

[Flag of P. Brown Jun. & Co.]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Peter Heering

[Flag of Peter Heering]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

P.F. Cleeman Shipping ApS (Aabenraa)

[Flag of P.F. Cleeman Shipping ApS] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with the Danish national flag in canton and the letters P.F.C. in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2002

R. Fischer-Nielsen

[Flag of R. Fischer-Nielsen]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

Riis Shipping A/S (Svendborg)

[Flag of Riis Shipping A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Light green flag with a blue ring encompassing a blue four-pointed star on which is placed a green square with a blue border and the blue letters RS in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002

Scandlines Sør. Ferry Fynshav - Boyden

A simple logo on a plain flag.  The logo can be found at http://www.scandlines.dk
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 August 2001

 

ScanDutch I/S (Copenhagen)

[Flag of ScanDutch I/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with a red three-bladed propeller in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002

SFDS af 1991 A/S

The current incarnation of the SFDS appears only to exist to operate the M/S Helge, which flies Red, a White double-bladed axe with details in Blue.  I don't know what happened to the original SFDS, but the building of the  SFDS (still showing the Axe above the door) is hired by the unrelated shipping company T&C Thor Chartering A/S.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 August 2001

Sydfynske Dampskibsselskab A/S, SFDS A/S

A poster from 1950 showing its wide ferry network shows the flag to be Red with a Yellow two-bladed axe.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 August 2001

T.C. Christensen & Co.

[Flag of T.C. Christensen & Co.]  by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

T&C Thor Chartering A/S

[Flag of T&C Thor Chartering A/S] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

Horizontal red, green, red, approximately 4, 6, 4 units high, with the colours separated from each other and the edges by 1 unit of white. (Though this note is a clear description, it does not agree with my recollection. I think there should be a centered "T & C" in White on the middle stripe.) http://www.tc-as.dk does show that, but it does not show the small border around the flag that I thought I saw.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 27 August 2001

Red flag with a wide green horizontal stripe fimbriated white in the middle, and the white letters T & C placed in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002

Terkol Rederierne (Aarhus)

[Flag of Terkol Rederierne] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with a black disc with a white and black border and a white T inside it.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002

Torm Dampskibsselskabet A/S

[Flag of Torm Dampskibsselskabet A/S] by Phil Nelson, 24 June 2000

based on Stewart and Styring's Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963

 

Tschudi & Eitzen Bulkers A/S (Gentofte)

[Flag of Tschudi & Eitzen Bulkers A/S (Gentofte)] by Ivan Sache, based on Joseph Nüsse website

White flag with the light blue letters T & E in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 16 November 2002