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SAL in the United States
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- SAL info in 1954 - From the Dawe collection. |
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| G Hilmer Lundbeck Sr and Axel Johnson | G Hilmer Lundbeck Jr and Erik Wijk | |
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 John M. Fraser Jr, as Cruise Manager on a North Cape Cruise in 1961. | |
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Read about Annica Rousettos and Irja Hier who worked at the office in New York 1963-64
Swedish Flag from the SAL Office and Kungsholm
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Barbara Case (maiden name Burall) of Tolland, MA, made eight cruises on SAL ships with her mother, Mrs. Stephen Burrall or Frederica Burrall. Barbara's mother participated on many more cruises, starting when she was 14 or 15 years old and continuing until the Kungsholm was sold to P&O. She was called the "Penguin Lady", because of the toy penguin she brought along on the cruises. Barbara has donated a very large Swedish flag, which was given to her by Mr Walter Capelli of the SAL New York office. The flag has flown on the Kungsholm, and is to be used at special SAL events. |
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| Management | |
| G Hilmer Lundbeck Jr | |
| Maud Broman | Secretary to Mr Lundbeck |
| Earnest Bearnath | Vice President, Passenger Traffic. |
| Laila Rutquist | Secretary to Mr Bearnath |
| John Fraser | |
| Eva Forsmark | Secretary to Mr Fraser |
| Hugo Bergman | Captain |
| Inger Sjöberg | Secretary to Captain Bergman |
| Publicity Department | |
| Carl Hallengren | Manager |
| Reino Sakki | Photographer |
| Olof Ollen | Shore Trip Manager |
| Kerstin Lowe | Secretary to Mr Ollen |
| Cruise Staff | |
| Herbert Colcord | Cruise Manager |
| Robert Dudley | Cruise Staff |
| Helen Frailey | Social Directress |
| Derek J Swinnerton | Lecturer |
| Booking Department | |
| Walter Capelli | |
| Rune Forsberg | |
| Walter Irwin | |
| Chris Jacobsen | |
| Henry Korn | |
| James Loftis | |
| Ole Peterson | |
| Ralph Roskelly | |
| Ingvar Fast | Landing Agent |
| Ingemar Ewertz | Landing Agent |
| Correspondence Pool | |
| Louis Bary | Manager |
| Erna Mausser | |
| Olga Mausser | |
| Ursula Stelly | |
| Office Administration | |
| Sally Sutton | Switchboard |
| Helen Nelson | Filing |
| Eino Railimo | Photos, etc |
Contributed by Annica Roussetos and Irja Hier. |
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Lecturer Derek J Swinnerton Derek J Swinnerton was a former high ranking submarine officer in the Royal Navy. In addition to holding travel lectures in the auditorium, he had a morning radio show on board the Kungsholm called "Greet the Day with Derek J". When the ship passed through the Panama Canal, Swinnerton would hold an impressive and detailed guidance during the entire passage, from the bridge over the ship's PA system, not using a manuscript. |
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Mr Carl Hallengren My father was the ship's agent in Weymouth (Cosens and Co) when the Kungsholm and Gripsholm used to visit during the 1960's and 1970's on their Spring Adventure Cruises. It may be of interest that my parents and I were part of a small troupe of entertainers who performed dressed as Pearly Kings and Queens when they visited Weymouth. These concerts were organised by my father Mr Sidney Davis who was very involved in amateur choirs and theatre at the time. I have many fond memories of these evenings spent on board. In 1968 I visited The USA and Mr and Mrs Hallengren (he being a Swedish American senior manager) very kindly hosted my visit whilst in New York. Many years later my husband and I met the Hallengrens again at their home in Florida after he had retired. My husband at the time was the British Naval Officer based at Cape Canaveral on a submarine missile programme. Carl Hallengren and his wife gave me a wonderful time in New York ......including visiting SAL offices and a memorable dinner at a restaurant called The Forum of the Twelve Ceasars where they entertained a Swedish Eye Surgeon and his wife who we met off the liner SS France and took them to their penthouse suite at a hotel in New York which name escapes me at the present. The eye surgeon was visiting the US for an operation to save his sight and normally sailed SAL ....one of the companies regular and valued guests. Also remember visiting a Dr and Mrs Block at their home in the city. The reason being they had been passengers on that years' Spring Adventure Cruise and my father had struck up a friendship with them telling them of my impending visit to the US later that year. It was 1968 and in those days a tourist could only take £50 into the US which even in those days would not have lasted me very long!!!! Dr Block suggested to my father he may like to give him an envelope containing US dollars which I could collect from him on my arrival. The Hallengrens and I turned up at their home and I was handed the envelope my father had entrusted him with. Happy Daysand oh so happy memories!!!!! Kind regards,
Ann Saunders
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Irja Hier, (formerly Irja Grundtman) outside the SAL office in 1966.
Runa, Gun, Ruth and webmaster Lars Hemingstam,
outside the SAL office
after arriving in New York on the Gripsholm in August 1957.
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