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 in southern Norway by linking several long lakes in the Skien watershed through a series of 18 locks. It originally consisted of two canals. The Norsjø–Skien Canal, with locks in Skien ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

between

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the ...

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 Int ...

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

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until 1970, and after that she was used as charter ship. 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 in the municipality of Tokke in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. The luxury Dalen Hotel, once a popular locale for European royalty, is one of the largest wooden buildings in Norway and one of the be ...

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

Stathelle Stathelle is a town in Norway in the municipality of Bamble in the county of Telemark, Norway. History Stathelle was a former municipality in Telemark. It was separated from Bamble as a municipality of its own in 1851. In 1964, the municipalities ...

and by boatbuilder Geir Røvik in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

. 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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