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Linjegods was a
freight rail transport Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train is a group of freight cars (US) or goods wagons (International Union of Railways) hauled ...
ing company in
Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
,
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. It was established in 1973 as a cooperation between the
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and several road transport companies. Swedish Bilspedition was a large owner since 1984 and majority owner since 1992. Bilspedition was later bought by German corporation
Schenker AG Schenker AG (trading as DB Schenker) is a subsidiary of Danish logistics company DSV. The company was previously owned by German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, which acquired the subsidiary back in 2002. It comprises divisions for air, land, sea fr ...
in 1998, and Linjegods became wholly owned by Schenker in 2005. In 2007, Linjegods was incorporated into the already existing Schenker subsidiary in Norway, Schenker Norge.


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Transport companies established in 1973 Transport companies disestablished in 2007 Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) Logistics companies of Norway Companies based in Oslo Defunct companies of Norway 2007 disestablishments in Norway Norwegian companies established in 1973 {{Norway-company-stub