Welcome to The Bridge.
English translation helper
On these pages you will find facts about Swedish shipping from steam to high-speed.
Carriers and ships will be presented but only those ships that I have in my collection of postcards.
You can't expect a thorough account. Since the site is about Swedish shipping it will naturally be in Swedish.
If you want to understand the site, you should simply learn Swedish. It is not that difficult; over here even the kids speak this beautiful language fluently. While you're learning I will try to guide you in how to find your way on the site and give you a translation of the some key words so that you can get a rough understanding of the contents.
An introductory page about my collection and me you will find here:About me
On the first page you will find a number of links that will take you further on the site.
Rederier = ship owners, carrier
Varv = Shipyards
Sjösättningar = Launchings/Updates
Fartygsindex = Ships' index
From the "carrier" link you will come to the list over the ship owners. Choose which carrier you would like to read about and you will get to a summary over the history of the carrier.
Here you will find a list over the specific ships of each carrier, as a rule both in alphabetic and chronological order.
Under each ship picture you will find facts about the ship.
In order to understand the information I have translated the abbreviations:
