Hurtigruten AS
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| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 1866 as Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap. |
| Founder | Richard With |
| Headquarters | Tromsø, Norway |
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Area served
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Norway Svalbard Antarctica Greenland Iceland South America North America Transatlantic |
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Key people
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Daniel Skjeldam (CEO) |
| Products |
Ferry transport Freight shipping Cruise line |
| Revenue |
 NOK 3,300 million (2013) |
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NOK 261 million (2013) |
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NOK 26 million (2013) |
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Number of employees
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1,757 (2013) |
| Parent | TDR Capital |
| Subsidiaries | Hurtigruten Svalbard |
| Website | Hurtigruten AS (in English) |
Hurtigruten AS, formerly Hurtigruten Group ASA and Hurtigruten ASA, is a Norwegian transport corporation with headquarters in Tromsø,Norway. The company provides services in bus transport, passenger ferry transport, automobile ferry transport, cruise ships, and tourism planning — in addition to operating Hurtigruten, the coastal ferry service along the Norwegian coast from which it takes its name.
Hurtigruten AS is the result of a merger between the two previous operators of the Hurtigruten service: Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (OVDS) and Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap (TFDS). TFDS was founded in 1866, and OVDS was established in 1868. The two companies merged in March 2006 to form Hurtigruten Group ASA, and twelve months later the merged entity assumed the name Hurtigruten ASA. In 2012, the company headquarters was moved from Narvik to Tromsø. In 2015, the legal form of Hurtigruten was changed from ASA to AS.
Hurtigruten ASA is the sole operator of the Hurtigruten (literally "The Fast Route"), a daily passenger ferry, cruise, and shipping line along the western and northern Norwegian coast. It operates between the southern Bergen and northeastern Kirkenes. A total of 11 ships operate the route.
Several former Hurtigruten ships now operate as cruise ships to Antarctica, departing from Ushuaia on the Argentine Tierra del Fuego. The route can include the Falkland Islands and South Georgia Islands. Hurtigruten Group acquired the MS Fram for their tour cruises in Greenland.
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