Shipping Companies' House Flags (Sweden), A-F

Last modified: 2001-05-05 by elias granqvist
Keywords: house flag | ahlmark lines | a.r. appelqvist ab | b&n nordsjöfrakt | eric bancks rederi ab | billners rederi ab | broströms | ferm | fraternitas | fänges & påhlssons rederier |
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• Ahlmark Lines (B.F. Ahlmark & Co., A/B)
• A.R. Appelqvist A/B
• B&N Nordsjöfrakt
• Eric Bancks Rederi A/B
• Billners Rederi A/B
• Broströms
• Broströms Tender Service
• Ferm Ångbåts A/B
• Fraternitas
• Fänges & Påhlssons Rederier

See also:

• Shipping Companies' House Flags (Sweden) (index)
  • Some notes on the language in the company names
• Shipping Companies' House Flags (Sweden), G-N
• Shipping Companies' House Flags (Sweden), O-S
• Shipping Companies' House Flags (Sweden), T-Ö
• Sweden

B.F. Ahlmark & Co., A/B

by Phil Nelson, 2000-Sep-18
Source: Colin Stewart and John B. Styring: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ssy63].

Ahlmark Lines

by Jorge Candeias, February 1999

Putative flag, from the company logo (shaped as a chimnee mark).

Jorge Candeias, 11 February 1999

See http://www.ahlmark-lines.se/

Ole Andersen, 2000-Sep-18

A.R. Appelqvist A/B

by Phil Nelson, 2000-Sep-18
Source: Colin Stewart and John B. Styring: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ssy63].

See http://www.jet.no/historik.html.
Apparently this company transported coal.

Ole Andersen, 2000-Sep-18

B&N Nordsjöfrakt

by Jorge Candeias, February 1999

by Jorge Candeias, February 1999

B&N Nordsjöfrakt AB (Sweden) - Dark blue with horizontal yellow stripes running near the top and the bottom of the flag and the inscription "B&N" in the center, also in yellow. This is based on the photo Dov [Gutterman] found. I also made a GIF according to the company logo ... It's the same, only swallowtailed. Perhaps they use both versions?

Jorge Candeias, 9 February 1999

B&N Nordsjöfrakt AB has its offices in Skärhamn in Bohuslän and has its homepage at http://www.bn.se/. To judge from the homepage, it seems as if they use both square cut and swallow tailed versions of the house flag.

Elias Granqvist, 2001-Mar-17

Eric Bancks Rederi A/B

by Phil Nelson, 2000-Sep-19
Source: Colin Stewart and John B. Styring: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ssy63].

http://home.swipnet.se/leksaksmarknaden/fartygsweb.htm has Bancks Rederier, and http://w1.435.telia.com/~u43505985/SHIPP1.HTML has Bancks (Erik) Rederier, Helsingborg.

Ole Andersen, 2000-Sep-19

Billners Rederi A/B

by Phil Nelson, 2000-Sep-18
Source: Colin Stewart and John B. Styring: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ssy63].

Broströms

by Jorge Candeias, February 1999

According to "A survey of mercantile houseflags & funnels" by J.L. Loughran (Wolverhampton, 1979) page 48:

"A constant theme in the marks of many of the constituent companies of the Brostrom group of Stockholm, is a pattern of red and blue bands, generally with a company initial in white. An example of this is the houseflag and funnel of Angfartygs A/B Tirfing, formed in 1890, and owners today of giant tankers and bulk carriers. Other companies with similar markings within the group are Brostroms Tender Service A/B, Rederi A/B Motortank, Svenska Orient linien and Angbats A/B Ferm, founded in 1883, and the oldest company in the group. [...] The red stripes are said to represent the metal castings forming the first cargoes of his vessels, and the blue stripes the Gota Alv, down which they began their voyages. A more homely origin of these markings is that Axel Brostrom used the handiest material for his first houseflag, which happened to be an old red and blue striped skirt belonging to his wife. Many houseflags seem to have similar sponteneous beginnings."

[Editor's note: Gothenburg, which have the biggest harbour in Sweden, is situated at the mouth of the river Göta Älv.]

Broströms is situated in Gothenburg and is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange since 1998. Its homepage is at http://www.brostroms.se/. Quoting the homepage: "Broström is one of the leading logistics providers for the oil and chemical industries, focusing on marine transportation."

Elias Granqvist, 2001-Mar-17

Broströms Tender Service

by Mark Sensen, 2000-Nov-21
Source: J.L. Loughran: "A survey of mercantile houseflags & funnels", Wolverhampton, 1979.

Broströms Tender Service, Gothenburg

Mark Sensen, 2000-Nov-21

See also Broströms

Ferm Ångbåts A/B

by Mark Sensen, 2000-Nov-21
Source: J.L. Loughran: "A survey of mercantile houseflags & funnels", Wolverhampton, 1979.

Ferm Ångbåts A/B (Axel Broström & Son, Gothenburg)

Mark Sensen, 2000-Nov-21

See also Broströms

Rederi A/B Fraternitas

by Phil Nelson, 2000-Sep-21
Source: Colin Stewart and John B. Styring: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ssy63].

Fraternitas, Gothenburg.

Ole Andersen, 2000-Sep-21

Fänges & Påhlssons Rederier

by Phil Nelson, 2000-Sep-19
Source: Colin Stewart and John B. Styring: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ssy63].

Fänges & Pålssons Rederier, Helsingborg.

Ole Andersen, 2000-Sep-19