MS ''Henrik Ibsen'' is a historic Norwegian diesel-powered ship built in 1907. Together with MS ''Victoria'', it sails on the

Telemark Canal The Telemark Canal connects the towns Skien and Dalen, Telemark, Dalen in southern Norway by linking several long lakes in the Skiensvassdraget, Skien watershed through a series of 18 lock (water transport), locks. It originally consisted of two ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

between

Skien Skien () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsjø area and Bø. The administrative ...

and

Dalen Dalen (Dutch Low Saxon: ''Daoln'') is a village and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, in the province of Drenthe. Since 1998, Dalen has been part of the municipality of Coevorden. The village was first mentioned in the 12th ...

in the summer. The ship was built by

Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB was a Swedish shipbuilding company based in Gothenburg. It was founded in 1850 by Christian Barchman under the name ''Ericsbergs metall och tackjerns-gjuteri''. It delivered its last ship in 1979. History Intr ...

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

, Sweden in 1907 and named SS ''Styrsö''. The ship was operated in the

Gothenburg archipelago The archipelago of Gothenburg () comprises northern and southern archipelagoes. The southern archipelago is part of Gothenburg municipality located in the province of Västergötland while the northern archipelago is Öckerö municipality, located ...

until 1970, and after that she was used as charter ship. It is named after

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

. After being adapted to canal traffic, the ship arrived at Telemark Canal in 1992. She was renamed MS ''Henrik Ibsen'' after the former steamship SS ''Henrik Ibsen'', which also operated on the Telemark Canal from 1907 to 1919. From 1999 until 2010 the ship was owned and operated by Skien Dalen Skipsselskap AS. The ship was thereafter sold to the Telemarkskanalen Skipsselskap AS, owned by Thor Morten Halvorsen, who also owns

Dalen Hotel Dalen Hotel is a historic hotel located at Dalen, Telemark, Dalen in the municipality of Tokke in Telemark, Norway. The luxury Dalen Hotel, once a popular locale for European Royal family, royalty, is one of the largest wooden buildings in Norwa ...

. Upgrading of the ship was carried out at the Hansen & Arntzen shipyard in

Stathelle is a town in Bamble Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located at the confluence of the Frierfjorden, Eidangerfjord, and Langesundsfjorden. The town of Brevik lies about across the fjord and the town of Langesund lies about ...

and by boatbuilder Geir Røvik in

Tønsberg Tønsberg (), historically Tunsberg, is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located about south-southwest of the capital city of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near ...

. After a complete restoration new operations on the Telemark Canal began in mid-2010.

References

External links

Homepage of MS ''Henrik Ibsen''

Historic ships in Telemark: M/S ''Henrik Ibsen''

Dalen Hotel Telemark

Telemark Canal

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