Jämtlands Flyg AB was a

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helicopter company that specialised in aerial and charter work. It operated out of the main

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Göviken in the city of

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, in

Jämtland County Jämtland County ( sv, Jämtlands län, ) is a county or ''län'' in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small uninhabited strips of ...

. Jämtlands Flyg AB was a member of the Swedish Association of Aviation Companies (SFR) and a purveyor to the Court of Sweden.

History

The company was founded in 1954 by the

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- aviator Gunnar Andersson. At first, operations were solely by

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. The company also ran cabins in the mountains for mainly

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tourists and

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hunters. Later these were sold off and rotor-wing aircraft took over entirely. Andersson died in a plane crash in 1974. Later his daughter Siw A. Grinde took over as CEO in 1981 and ran the company until his granddaughter Sara Grinde took over as CEO in 2007. The company ceased all operations in 2019.

Operations

* Fire-fighting/water bombing *

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* Inspection of

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and

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* Taxi/V.I.P. * Game darting * Game inventory * Heavy lifting * Precision lifting *

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measuring * Supervision for Swedish government and law enforcement agencies * Water sampling * Photography and filming * Parachuting

Fleet

Jämtlands Flyg AB operated seven helicopters.

Bases

Bases with heli-ports and hangars were in use at the following locations:Heli Ports of Jämtlands Flyg

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