Kungsholm #2

Bleached oak walls, Stig Blomberg's bronze reliefs and the open
fireplace, framed in red sandstone, give First Class Smoking Room
the timeless appeal, comfort and pleasant lived-in feeling of a
distinguished private club. And the luxuriously appointed cocktail lounge
is just a few steps away.

Dining room of the Kungsholm 1953-1965


	Smörgåsbord! True Viking Hospitality --- rare delicacies that taste as good as they look.

Through etched-glass doors you enter into the Dining Room, where graceful Gustavian chairs and murals against a soft pastel-grey background, provide an enchanting atmosphere in which to enjoy the delicacies of the Kungsholm haute cuisine.

We feel we may fairly claim that this tastefully designed stateroom makes a home-at-sea that compares favorably with any high-grade hotel apartment. All staterooms, both in First and Tourist Class, are completely air-conditioned. All rooms have private lavatories and tub or shower baths. Using your private telephone, you may talk to friends aboard or ashore at any time during the voyage.

Farthest aft on Verandah Deck is he Tourist Class Smoking Room and Bar. Glass doors and floor-to-ceiling windows make the pastel-colored room share with the open deck outside the brightness of sunny days at sea or the romance of a night under the stars.

The large indoor Swimming Pool is the center of this haven for physical culturists. Vapor baths, real Finnish steam bath, a well-equipped gymnasium and two massage rooms, staffed by Swedish experts, guarantee that you willleave the Kungsholm in good shape for coming activities.

*These interior photos of the Kungsholm are from C.G. Kruse's collection.*

Dining Room	Forward Lounge

*Snapshots from my father's voyage on the Kungsholm New York - Göteborg in October 1954.*

Friends and relatives on Pier 97 wishing Bon Voyage	Life boat drill	My father Tage Hemingstam (left) with colleague in their Tourist Class cabin



Farewell Dinner in the Tourist Class Dining Room	Members of the Kungsholm Orchestra at large

My name is Ingrid Elowsson, born Berg. My parents worked on the Kungsholm of 1928 when the US took over the ship in 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. My father Mats E. Berg worked as a bartender, even efter the war. He was called Frenchi on board. I was born in the States in 1942. My mother and I returned to Sweden on the Gripsholm in 1946, together with the rest of the Kungsholm crew that had been stranded in New York when the war broke out. After the war my father worked on the Stockholm of 1948, and the Kungsholm of 1953, until he was retired. I grew up in Gothenburg, with a father who never was home.

Ingrid Elowsson

Mats E Berg

Jag heter Ingrid Elowsson, född Berg. Mina föräldrar arbetade båda på Kungsholm (tror jag) när fartyget togs i beslag i USA. De fick gå i land där och klara sig bäst själva. Jag föddes 1942 på Svenska sjukhuset i New York och familjen flyttade senare till North Carolina där vi bodde till dess att min mor och jag tog första båten hem till Sverige jag tror det var 1946. Mitt första minne är när jag står på båten och vinkar till min far som ej kunde resa med av någon anledning. Jag kommer också i håg hur alla skulle sätta på sig flytvästar och gå upp på däck när vi passerade minfälten. Min far kom senare hem och arbetade på Stockholm och på Kungsholm när den kom 1953. Jag var med mina föräldrar kanske det var 53 eller 52 och tittade på Kungsholm när den låg i sin docka i Vlissingen Holland. Min far, Mats E Berg, (kallades för Frenchi eftersom han såg fransk ut) arbetade till sin pensionering som Bartender i Turistklass och var med om alla kryssningar som Kungsholm gjorde. Jag växte alltså upp i Göteborg med en far som aldrig var hemma. Jag själv reste med Kungsholm i juni 1962 till New York och kände igen platsen där jag sett min far vinka. Hade en kort vistelse i USA och reste hem redan i augusti med någon av båtarna.

Excellent site!
Don't miss a visit to Henrik Ljungström's and Daniel Othfors' excellent website
The Great Ocean Liners, where you can find lots of information about the SAL liners.

Original name:	MS Kungsholm
Shipyard:	De Schelde, Vissingen, Holland
Year:	1953
Tons:	21,140
No of passengers:	802
Delivered to SAL:	1953
Sold:	1965
Sold to:	Norddeutscher Lloyd
Renamed:	Europa, 1981 Columbus
Today:	Scrapped in 1985

	Drottningholm	Gripsholm Gripsholm of 1925	Kungsholm Kungsholm of 1953 Kungsholm of 1928	Stockholm Stockholm of 1915 Stockholm of 1938 and 1940
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Cabin on A-Deck	Stateroom on Sun Deck