Johnson Line ( sv, Johnsonlinjen) was a
Swedish
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shipping line
A shipping line or shipping company is a company whose line of business is ownership and operation of ships.
Shipping companies provide a method of distinguishing ships by different kinds of cargo:
# Bulk cargo is a type of special cargo that is ...
founded in 1904 as a subsidiary of
Rederi AB Nordstjernan. In 1982 Johnson Line absorbed
Rederi AB Svea
Stockholms Rederi AB Svea (originally Sveabolaget, later often referred to as Rederi AB Svea or simply Svea) was a Swedish shipping company founded in the 1870s. It operated a wide variety of ships carrying freight and passengers around the worl ...
, another Rederi AB Nordstjernan -owned company, hence becoming a member of the Finnish-Swedish
Silja Line
Silja Line is a Swedish-Finnish cruiseferry brand operated by the Estonian ferry company AS Tallink Grupp, for car, cargo and passenger traffic between Finland and Sweden.
The former company Silja Oy—today Tallink Silja Oy—is a subsidiary ...
consortium. Johnson Line ceased existing as an independent company in 1990 when it merged with the fellow Silja Line member to
Effoa to form
EffJohn.
References
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Shipping companies of Sweden
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