Hvaler Båt- og Fergeselskap AS is a defunct municipal company that operated the ferries in Hvaler

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...

. 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

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....

 and Hollungen

Hollungen

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...

 in 2004. Hvaler Båt- og Fergeselskap operated from the municipal center of Skjærhalden

Skjærhalden

Skjærhalden is the administrative centre of Hvaler municipality, Norway. It is located on the island Kirkeøy. Its population is 642....

 with routes to 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 and Makø as well as Strømstad in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Prior to the Hvaler Tunnel

Hvaler Tunnel

The Hvaler Tunnel is a subsea road tunnel which connects the island of Kirkøy to the rest of Hvaler, Norway. The tunnel opened in 1989 and is long, located on Norwegian County Road 108.-History:...

 opening in 1989 it also operated the Skjærhalden–Hvaler Ferry.