Lion Ferry was a Swedish ferry company which operated passenger and freight ferry services in

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and North America.

History

In 1960 The ''Prins Bertil'' enters service between Halmstad and Aarhus. Lion Ferry acquired Norwegian ferry operator Europafergen in 1965. It commenced the

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- Yarmouth route operated by the ''Prince of Fundy'' in 1970 and closed in 1976. In 1973 it started a joint venture with

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to form Irish Continental Line. Lion Ferry AB acquired by Stena Line in 1985. Lion Ferry commences Karlskrona - Gdynia route in 1995. In 1997 Lion Ferry services were rebranded as Stena Line.

Routes

Lion Ferry operated various routes during its 39 years in operation. *

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Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

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Varberg Varberg () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 35,782 inhabitants in 2019. Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their "typical west coast" sandy beaches. In Varberg th ...

Karlskrona Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to ...

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- Yarmouth *

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(Marketed as Prinzen Line)

Fleet

Lion Ferry operated many vessels during its time in operation.

References

{{reflist Ferry companies of Sweden Defunct companies of Sweden 20th century in Halland County Halmstad