Fjord Line is a Norwegian ferry operator offering services between

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and

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. In addition to passenger transport, Fjord line operates cargo transport through its cargo division in Norway and Denmark.

History

Fjord Line was founded in 1993. In 1998 the company purchased the MS ''Jupiter'' and the

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route from Color Line. In 2004 a much larger ship, the MS ''Fjord Norway'' was purchased to operate the Norway - Denmark service. The MS ''Bergen'' was chartered to

DFDS DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally ''The United Steamship Company''). DFDS was founded in 1866, when Carl Frederik Tietgen, C.F. Tiet ...

. Following heavy competition on the Norway - Denmark route, in 2005 Fjord Line began streamlining operations. On return of the MS ''Bergen'' from charter, the MS ''Fjord Norway'' and the Norway - UK route were sold to

. The MS ''Jupiter'' was laid up for sale. On 1 January 2008 Fjord Line merged with fast ferry operator Master Ferries. The MS ''Stavangerfjord'' was awarded for Best Ship Design at the 2014 Shippax Awards. In 2014 Fjord Line became the world's first ferry operator to use contactless radio frequency identification

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smart cards for the cabin locks. This solution was provided by Carus Ferry Ltd Ab. In October 2020 the company announced a scale-back of operations whereby the ferry operations will only serve the ports of Kristiansand, Hirtshals, and Stavanger. The

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route: Service ndedon the 29th of October 2023)

Routes

Fjord Line operates routes between Norway, Denmark. *

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Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

- Hirtshals (Summer only) (Concurrency with Color Line) *

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

History

Routes

Fleet

Current fleet

Past fleet

References

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