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Thorsten Hanson
Cruise Director

These pages are devoted to Thorsten Hanson, Cruise Director on the SAL ships during the 1930's and 40's.
The photos are contributed by Thorsten Hanson's grandson, Mark Wagner of Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Thorsten Hansson headed the Chicago office and managed the Midwest Sales District.
He had been employed by SAL for 36 years when he retired.


Thorsten Hanson in 1934.


Daughter Lillian Hanson,
ship's mascot at the age of 11.

Mr and Mrs Thorsten Hanson
on a train from Chicago in 1949.


All set to trade the Windy City
for a salty Atlantic breeze.


On board the Kungsholm, 1934.

Skipper Helge Ellsén.


Ships's mascot on a Gripsholm menu cover

Menu order form.


Mr and Mrs Thorsten Hanson on deck.


Thorsten Hanson's father, on board in 1934.

 


Medal awarded to Thorsten Hanson
by the Swedish Royal Patriot Society.
Torsten Hansson was awarded
The Wasa Orden, Commander's rank

 



First Class luggage sticker.

Souvenir knife.

Photos from a cruise in 1938 >>

Chicago Office >>

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Drottningholm
  


Drottningholm and Gripsholm
Exchange Ships During WWII

Film Clips


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News
Oct 15		 Kjell Smitterberg
Commander

Claes Feder
Architect &
Ship Designer

C-O Claesson
On the Bridge
1923-55		 Maurits and Anna-Greta Lindblad
Ship's Doctor and Nurse		                
 
Nils Haggård
Gripsholm and Kungsholm
Third Officer Inter
 Lars Helmer
Second Engineer		 Göran Forsén
3rd Engineer
S-O Svensson
3rd Engineer
 Leif Vickberg Officer's Apprentice
Roy Johansson
Quartermaster
About SAL
& SAL Timeline		 About Us
Life as a Crew Member 		Torsten Torstensson's webpage about the Swedish American Line   Exchange and
Repatriation Voyages
During WWII 		Rune Dahlstrand
Gripsholm Barber
During WWII
 Torkel Tistrand
Sea Personnel Manager		 Sune Edensvärd Chief Radio Officer Bridge & Crew Page

Reunions
Curt Dawe
Chief Purser		 Carl-Gustav Kruse
Chief Purser		 Hugo Bilén
Chief Purser		 Evert Eriksson
Chief Purser		 Poul V Lange
Chief Purser		 Lennart Angelmo
Second Purser		 Jörgen Areskough
Second Purser		 Ingvar Torstensson
Second Purser 		T Odenlund Cashier L-E Jansson
Information Officer 		Asko Salkola
Purser's Office
Stigbergskajen
Göteborg 		Pier 97,
New York 		The SAL Office in New York The SAL Office in
Chicago
Herb Colcord
Cruise Manager
 David Chisling
Cruise Staff		 Hanna Owen
Singer 		Anita Poli Olsson
NK Shop
Anthony Bloomfield
Photographer		 The Entertainers
Dining Room Menues   Stig Lundgren
Chief Steward		 Gerhard Kummer
Chief Steward		 C-G Quant
Chief Steward 		Volker Roloff
Chief Steward 		Ingwar Gemzell & Rolf Mayer

 

 Karl-Gunnar Johansson
"Kalle-Kli" Bartender

Karl-Gösta Ekblad
”Kalle Tårta”Baker,
Col Buffet Manager

  
 
Franz Havranek
Wine Steward		 Juan Martinez
Waiter		 Patrick Zeller
Waiter		 Gustav Weber Petterson
Waiter

Otto Friedrich, Cabin Steward

 Lars Warlin
Assistant Waiter		 Tommy Stark
Deck Waiter		 Hans "Hasse" Gustafsson
Deck Waiter		 C-G Edhardt
Assistant
Deck Steward		 Johan Jarekull
Hyttnisse, Assistant Deck Steward		 Håkan Askman
Assistant
Deck Steward		 Björn Wallde
Crew member		 Claes Lindstrom
Crew membe		  
B-G Nilson
and the
SAL Freighters		   Anna Karin
Lundström
Nurse


Berit Jacobsson (Svensson)
"Babs"
Beautician

 Lene Mikkelsen
Beautician 		The Women of SAL Lois MacNeil
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The Tenders SAL Ads
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Family, Gripsholm and Kungsholm 		The Lindholm Family,
Stockholm 		The McDonough Family,
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Family, Gripsholm and
Kungsholm 		The Sandholm Family,
Gripsholm 		The Storck-Petersen Family,
Gripsholm and
Kungsholm
Clive Harvey,
Passenger in the Post-SAL Era 		Passenger
Database 		 
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More than 250 web pages developed and maintained by Lars Hemingstam ©1998-2023
Hasse Gustafsson and Tommy Stark have interviewed crew members and contributed many of the stories.

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