Hollungen
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Hollungen AS is a company that operates passenger ferries in Hvaler
, Norway
. The ships MF Hvalerfergen II, MB Hollungen og MB Olava are used on the route Skjærhalden
–Lauer
–Herføl
–Nedgården–Nordre Sandøy–Gr.sund–Makø–Skjærhalden. The company is owned by Peter Palmer, who bought it when the municipal company Hvaler Båt- og Fergeselskap
was privatized
and split into Hollungen and Hvaler Fjordcruise
in 2001.
Hvaler
Hvaler is a municipality that is a group of islands in the southwestern part of Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjærhalden, on the island of Kirkeøy. The only police station in the municipality is located in Skjærhalden...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The ships MF Hvalerfergen II, MB Hollungen og MB Olava are used on the route Skjærhalden
Skjærhalden
Skjærhalden is the administrative centre of Hvaler municipality, Norway. It is located on the island Kirkeøy. Its population is 642....
–Lauer
Lauer
Lauer is a small island in the Hvaler municipality in South-East Norway. The Hvaler islands are located in the Oslofjord, not far from the border with Sweden.The name "Lauer" is derived from Old Norse "Laufey", "the leafy island". Laufey was a giantess....
–Herføl
Herføl
Herføl is a populated island in the municipality of Hvaler, Norway. The island is 1,9 km² and has the postal code 1690....
–Nedgården–Nordre Sandøy–Gr.sund–Makø–Skjærhalden. The company is owned by Peter Palmer, who bought it when the municipal company Hvaler Båt- og Fergeselskap
Hvaler Båt- og Fergeselskap
Hvaler Båt- og Fergeselskap AS is a defunct municipal company that operated the ferries in Hvaler, Norway. Founded in 1893, it was owned by the municipality until 2001 when it was privatized and sold to Glommen Bulk, that again split the company into Hvaler Fjordcruise and Hollungen in 2004...
was privatized
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
and split into Hollungen and Hvaler Fjordcruise
Hvaler Fjordcruise
Hvaler Fjordcruise AS is a company that operates a passenger ferry between Skjærhalden in Hvaler, Norway to Strømstad, Sweden. The company was founded after the privatization of Hvaler Båt- og Fergeselskap in 2001, and operates one ship, MS Vesleø II....
in 2001.