Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap or TFDS is a defunct
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
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shipping company
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 ...
that also has activities in
public transport
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and
tourism
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. Based in
Tromsø
Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.
Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the ...
the company was one of the two operators of the
Coastal Express and also operated a number of
car ferries and passenger ferries, primarily in
Troms
Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...
. It also operated three
supply ships and some other vessels as of 2006. In 2004 TFDS had bought the bus company
TIRB
TIRB is a Norwegian transport company based in Finnsnes, Troms og Finnmark. The corporation has six subsidiaries performing cargo- and passenger transport, and service and maintenance of heavy vehicles. The company operates in Nordland, Oslo, Tro ...
.
The company dates back to 1866 and has had a number of activities within shipping. It was listed on the
Oslo Stock Exchange
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until 2006 when it
merged
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with
Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab
Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab or OVDS was a Norwegian shipping company that operated ferries in Northern Norway, including the Coastal Express, car ferries and passenger ferries. The company merged with Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap ...
to create
Hurtigruten Group
Hurtigruten AS is a Norwegian coastal ferry service and cruise line headquartered in Oslo, Norway. It operates ''Hurtigruten'', the coastal ferry service along the Norwegian coast from which it takes its name.
In 2020, 81% of the company was o ...
. At the time of the merger the group had 38 ships, 123 buses and 86 trucks.
Ferry companies of Norway
Defunct shipping companies of Norway
Companies formerly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Transport companies established in 1866
Transport companies disestablished in 2006
2006 disestablishments in Norway
Norwegian companies established in 1866
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