SS Drottningholm Passenger List - 9 July 1946
Cabin Passenger List for the SS Drottningholm of the Swedish American Line, Departing 9 July 1946 from Gothenburg to Saint John NF and New York via Liverpool, Commanded by Captain J. Nordlander.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain: J. Nordlander, Commander
- Chief Officer: C. W. Jonsson
- Chief Engineer: E. J. Toll
- Purser: S. H. Wulff
- Ship's Doctor: G. Malmsten
- Cashier & Information Officer: A. Nordin
- Information Officer: J. Christensen
- Chief Steward: H. Sollander
List of Cabin Class Passengers
Room No. | Home Town
- Mr. William Amann
1 Cleveland Heights, O - Mrs. Amann
1 Cleveland Heights, O - Mr. Aage Andersen
117 Skagen - Mr. Börge Andersen
117 Herning - Mr. Frank Andersen
2 New York - Mr. Carl Anderson
120 Minneapolis, Minn - Mrs. Ane H. Bech
32 Randers - Miss Birgit Berg
139 Falun - Mr. Nils Bergman
140 Berkeley, Calif - Mrs. M. Bonnin
33 Malmö - Mr. Paul Broeker
151 Homestead, Fla - Mr. Nils Brodin
19 Philadelphia, Pa - Mr. Arne Bruun-Rasmussen
156 Copenhagen - Mrs. Bruun-Rasmussen
156 Copenhagen - Mr. Lennart Carlsson
5 Mjölby - Mr. Lewis Cass
22 New York - Mrs. Rosa Cerf
132 Zurich - Mr. Carl O. Clinton
125 Bellingham, Wash - Mrs. Gerda Cornelius
132 Gothenburg - Miss Elsie Dewidels
127 Prague - Mr. Carl Drost
8 Van Nuys, Calif - Mrs. Amy Moore Ede
126 Turnbridge - Master William Moore Ede
126 Turnbridge - Miss Diana Moore Ede
104 Turnbridge - Miss Carol Moore Ede
104 Turnbridge - Mr. Melvin Engelstad
5 Chicago - Miss Birgit Ericson
139 Stockholm - Mr. Knute Falk
137 Philadelphia, Pa - Mrs. Falk
137 Philadelphia, Pa - Miss Kristina Forsberg
136 Nyköping - Mr. Frank Frandsen
7 Reno, Nev - Mrs. Frandsen
7 Reno, Nev - Mr. Joel Fries
6 Stockholm - Mr. Kristian Fleischer
141 Copenhagen - Miss Sigrid Gohde
127 Stockholm - Mr. Moses Gleich
135 Stockholm - Mr. Carl E. Gregmar
121 Landskrona - Mr. J. Gruenzweig
150 London - Mrs. Gruenszweig
150 London - Miss Barbro Halvarsson
14 Stockholm - Mr. Otto Hansen
141 Marstal - Mr. Carl R. Hellström
2 Wellesley Hills, Mass - Miss Berit Heyman
33 Stockholm - Miss Vera Hughes
144 Shotton, Chester - Mrs. Gurine Ingebrigtsen
116 Sandefjord - Mr. Aage Jessen
15S Lincoln, Nebr - Mr. Helge Johannesson
133 Gothenburg - Mr. Charles Johanson
122 Arlington, Mass - Miss Elin Johnsen
114 Oslo - Mr. Helge Jorgensen
110 Marstal - Mr. Ove Jorgensen
138 Copenhagen - Miss Lilly Karlsson
13 Mjölby - Miss Edith Klein
154 Norrahammar - Mr. Torben Klentz
25 Chicago - Mr. Jack Kotschack
26 Stockholm - Mrs. Kotschack
26 Stockholm - Miss Rigmor Kraul
105 Copenhagen - Miss J. P. Langlois
144 London - Mr. Paul Larsen
23 Copenhagen - Mr. Albert Lindholm
37 Minneapolis, Minn - Mr. Sigfrid Lonegren
28 Upper Montclair, N. J - Mrs. Lonegren
28 Upper Montclair, N. J - Master Sigfr. Lonegren
28 Upper Montclair, N. J - Miss Lee Lonegren
35 Upper Montclair, N. J - Miss Sally Lonegren
35 Upper Montclair, N. J - Mr. Augustus Long
27 New York - Mrs. Sigrid Lorentz
101 Oslo - Mrs. Annie G. Lundell
11 Grosse Pointe, Mich - Mr. J. H. MacGaregill
27 San Francisco, Calif - Mr. C. E. Magnuson
24 - Mrs. Borzena Mayerova
143 Prague - Mr. Joseph Mazzeo
102 - Mrs. Mazzeo
102 - Mr. A. L. Michaels
4 New Haven, Conn - Mrs. Michaels
4 New Haven, Conn - Mr. Erik Michelsen
119 - Mr. Abraham Monson
40 - Mrs. Monson
40 - Miss Claudine Monson
40 - Mr. Robert Montgomery
12 New York - Mrs. Montgomery
12 New York - Mr. Carl Möllegaard
110 - Mr. John Nelson
135 - Mr. Aage Nielsen
119 - Mr. Carl Normell
131 - Mrs. Normell
131 - Mrs. Petra Olsen
32 - Mrs. Esther S. Olson
11 Grosse Pointe, Mich - Miss Genia Ordo
118 - Mr. Denis Peeters
148 - Mrs. Elsa Petterson
21 Florham Park, N. J - Mr. Eric Pihl
122 Ottawa, Ont - Mr. W. H. Pinckard
31 San Francisco, Calif - Mrs. Ebba Pousette
101 Stockholm - Miss Helen Pozarek
143 Prague - Mr. Richard H. Putman
24 Pullman, Mich - Mr. Russel C. Putman
29 Chicago - Mrs. Putman
29 Chicago - Mr. Emil Ramstedt
155 New Haven, Conn - Miss Grethe Rasmussen
146 Copenhagen - Mr. Eric A. Rensfeldt
109 Tacoma, Wash - Mrs. Yvonne Rubbrecht
118 Brussel - Mr. Lois Salvesen
112 New York - Mrs. Salvesen
116 New York - Mr. Elmer Sarvoy
25 Miami, Fla - Mrs. Annie Schick
21 Prague - Mr. Leonard Segal
3 New York - Miss Eleanor Shields
114 Washington, D. C - Mr. Evert Smit-Compaen
123 Stockholm - Mrs. Smit-Compaen
123 Stockholm - Mr. John Sundberg
125 Nyköping - Mrs. Margareta Sundberg
136 Nyköping - Mr. Folke Sundblad
134 New York - Mr. Carl Thomer
120 Minneapolis, Minn - Mr. Vilgot Thurston
140 San Francisco, Calif - Mrs. Vera Tiura
154 Jyväskylä - Miss Ellen Tolputt
104 Turnbridge - Miss Marie Uttenthal-Möller
105 Copenhagen - Mr. John Utterstrom
133 Seattle, Wash - Mr. Jens Vinther
138 Nakskov - Mr. Andrei Vupolovnikov
113 Moscow - Mrs. Greta Wedberg
41 Stockholm - Mr. Harry Westland
3 Farmington, Mich - Mr. Isaac Westberg-Eriksson
151 Milaka, Minn - Mrs. Hilma Westerberg
14 Nyköping - Mr. Sven Westman
37 Norrköping - Mr. Jacques Wildschut
148 Hilversum - Mr. Hans P. Willadsen
106 Esbjerg - Mrs. Willadsen
106 Esbjerg - Mr. Richard Wolff
39 London - Mrs. Wolff
39 London - Master Ronald Wolff
39 London - Mr. Pavel Zaviialov
113 Moscow - Mrs. Laura Zobler
15 Stockholm - Miss Halina Zobler
15 Stockholm - Mrs. Ingrid Zwerling
30 Berkeley, Calif - Master Stephen Zwerling
30 Berkeley, Calif - Master Mats Zwerling
30 Berkeley, Calif - Mr. Bertil Åhlén
23 Stockholm - Mr. Torvald Åkeson
129 Stockholm - Mr. Alrik Örborn
129 Åkarp
Information for Passengers in Cabin class
Insignias of the Personnel
- Commander: 4 wide gold stripes on sleeve, gold-braided cap-peak
- Chief Officer: 3 wide gold stripes on sleeve
- 2nd Officer. (2): 2 wide, 1 narrow gold stripe on sieve
- 3rd Officer. (2): 2 wide gold stripes on sleeve
- Wireless Operator: 2 wide gold stripes on green ground on sleeve
- 2nd Wireless Operator. 1 wide, 1 narrow gold stripe on green ground on sleeve
- 3rd Wireless Operator. 1 wide gold stripe on green ground on sleeve
- Chief Engineer: 4 wide gold stripes on violet ground on sleeve
- 1st Engineer: 3 wide gold stripes on violet ground on sleeve
- 2nd Engineer (2): 2 wide, 1 narrow gold stripe on violet ground on sleeve
- 3rd Engineer (2): 2 wide gold stripes on violet ground on sleeve
- 4th Engineer (2): 1 wide, 1 narrow gold stripe on violet ground on sleeve
- 5th Engineer (2): 1 wide gold stripe on violet ground on sleeve
- Other Engineers: 1 narrow gold stripe on violet ground on sleeve
- Purser: 3 wide gold stripes on white ground on sleeve
- Ship’s Doctor: 3 wide gold stripes on red ground on sleeve
- Cashier: 1 wide gold, 1 narrow gold and 1 white stripe on sleeve
- Clerks: 1 wide gold and 1 white stripe on sleeve
- Information Officers: 1 wide gold, 1 narrow gold and 1 white stripe on sleeve
- Chief Steward, Cabin class: 3 silver stripes on sleeve
Service — Although the war is over, normal conditions have not been restored. Despite our earnest desire to please and satisfy our Passengers, circumstances may, at times, prevent our performing the services we would ordinarily give.
We would appreciate it if you would bear this in mind, as we hope to continue to enjoy your patronage and good will. However, there may be instances when, owing to misunderstandings, just cause for complaint arises.
We wish to impress upon passengers the importance of making such complaints to the Purser, or to the Commander when they make their daily rounds of inspection 11:00 am to 12 noon
The Purser’s Office on A-deck is open between: 9:00 am to 11:30 am, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Restrictions. Passengers are restricted to the rooms, decks, shop etc. belonging to the class for which their tickets call, unless an important reason can be proved for entering another class. The Purser will in such case give the permission required.
Meals are served as follows:
- Breakfast at 8:00 am to 9:00 am
- Luncheon at 12:30 pm
- Tea at 3:30 pm
- Dinner at 6:30 pm
A bugle will be sounded at the beginning of meals in Cabin class.
Seats At Dining Tables will be assigned by the Chief Steward soon after departure and regard will be shown, as far as possible, to the wishes of the Passengers.
Information Officers will assist Passengers with special problems. One Inf. Off. is in the Purser’s office, and the other will attend to Cabin class Passengers in the library on A-deck weekdays 10:00 am to 11:00 am
Baggage. Only hand baggage and »Cabin trunks» are allowed in the Staterooms. Such baggage must be provided with »Stateroom» labels. Baggage marked »Wanted» is placed in the Baggage Rooms, which are accessible every day between 11:00 am to 12 noon and 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Baggage not marked in the said way will be placed in the hold and will not be accessible during the voyage.
Passengers in Transit, eastbound, may have their heavy baggage forwarded through »in bond», without custom examination in Sweden.
Smoking. Passengers are kindly requested not to smoke in the Library.
To promote safety, passengers are ernestly requested to exercise care in disposing of cigar- and cigarette- ends and matches. Lighted cigarettes, etc., thrown overboard might be drawn into cabins through open portholes, due to air suction. Kindly extinguish cigarettes, matches, etc., before disposing of same.
Ironing is not allowed in the Passengers’ accommodations. There are special rooms equipped for ironing.
Lights are turned out in the Saloons at 11:00 pm and in the Smoking Rooms and the Verandahs at 12 midnight. After midnight and up to 7:00 am Decks and Public Rooms are not accessible to Passengers.
The Bar closes at 24 midnight.
Medical Attention. A Physician and Surgeon approved by the Royal Swedish Board of Health is employed on board. Doctor’s consulting room is located on C-deck. Office hours 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm, but the Doctor may, if necessary, be consulted at any other time. In the case of illness originating on board, no charges will be made, and such medicines as are prescribed by the Ship’s Surgeon will be furnished free of charge.
An experienced Nurse is in attendance on board.
Boat-Drill is carried out periodically on board.
Reference should be made to the notice exhibited in each cabin.
Passengers should not lounge in the life-boats standing on deck.
Baths. Passengers should order baths from the Bathroom Stewards. The bathrooms are open from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm All baths are free of charge.
Barbers and Hairdressers are at the service of Passengers as follows:
8:00 am to 12 noon and 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Deck Chairs, Steamer Rugs and Cushions may be rented from the Deck Steward at a charge of $2:— $1:— and $1:— respectively, for the voyage.
Blankets and pillows must not be taken jrom the staterooms for use on deck.
Typewriters. A limited number is available for the use of Passengers. Apply to the Purser’s Office.
Divine Service will generally be held on Sundays and Holy Days. Due notice will be given in the morning.
The Clocks will be set back on westbound trips and set forward on eastbound trips certain days at 4 a. m. Due notice will be given on the dinner-menu the day before.
Library. Books may be borrowed, in accordance with the rules of the Company upon application to the Deck Steward. The full value of lost or damaged books must be paid by the borrower.
Children Are Not Admitted to the boat-deck, library, smoking saloon and bar.
The Ship’s Shop is open as follows: weekdays 10—12 a. in., 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Music. The musicians are paid for their service by the Company and may not in any form solicit contributions from the Passengers.
Valuables. In no case is the Company responsible for money, jewelry or other valuables, the property of Passengers. Passengers are warned not to leave valuables of any kind lying about in their staterooms. Money and other valuables may be deposited in a safe at the Purser’s Office. As, however, no charge is made by the Company for taking care of the articles, it also accepts no responsibility for loss or damage from whatever cause arising.
Wireless Telegraphy. The ship maintains direct radio communication with Europe and America throughout the voyage and also with ships on the North Atlantic. For further information, apply to Radio Office on Boat-deck.
Radio Telephone. When radio telephone connection with Gothenburg can be established, calls may be arranged at the Radio Office.
Mail to Passengers is delivered on board shortly before the docking at New York resp. Gothenburg. Those expecting letters should inquire at the Purser’s Office prior to debarkation.
On debarkation inquiries for mail should be made at the Line’s Information Booth on the pier in New York, respectively at the Line’s Passenger Dept., Hotellplatsen, Gothenburg.
Games Of Hazard Are Prohibited.
Lost And Found Property. Inquiries for lost property should be made at the Purser’s Office.
Found property should be handed over to the Purser’s Office as soon as possible.
Right Hand Traffic is the regulation on board. Don’t block corridors and stairways.
Current Notices will be posted daily in the vestibule at the C-deck dining saloon.
The Ship’s Route will be laid out on a map on A-deck, starbord side.
Radio-News will be posted daily on A-deck, starboard side.
Arrival at New York.
Please read carefully the following instructions.
At Sea: First or second day out: Surrender passage ticket at Purser's Office.
A Baggage Declaration will be secured from the Purser's Office. Enter thereon as directed your personal baggage, toilet articles, clothing, etc., as »Personal effects» and itemize all other new articles, purchases or gifts in your possession.
Deliver Baggage Declaration com- claration completed to Purser’s Office and receive its lower part coupon and your Landing Card. Preserve the coupon and Landing Card in your passport, if an alien, with your Immigration Visa document or Reentry Permit.
At Noon, The Day Before Arrival: Check that all baggage except your overnight handbag is properly packed and locked and that each piece is furnished with a Cabin class tag giving your full name and American address, and provided with a label bearing the initial of your last name.
See your steward for Baggage tags and Initial labels. Valuables, furs and fragile packages must be carried ashore. During the afternoon stewards will remove all other baggage to decks in order to expedite quick landing.
At Quarantine: As soon as the ship leaves Quarantine, all Cabin class U. S. Citizens, except those traveling in charge of Alien relatives should assemble on the Port Side of the A-deck Verandah in a single line, and have in readiness their Passport and Landing Card for examination by Immigration Inspectors in the Music Saloon.
On Way to Pier: Immigration inspection of Aliens, and accompanying citizens will thereafter take place in the Cabin class dining room. A bugle is sounded to announce the commencemenl of this inspection.
Passengers should then assemble in a single line at the Starboard side entrance to the Cabin class dining room. During questioning by the inspectors,
Passengers should confirm answers already given in questionnaires previously completed or given before U. S. Consuls before departure. After the examination has been satisfactorily completed, the inspector will stamp the handing Card »PASSED», and the Passenger is then ready for debarkation.
On Arrival at The Pier: The ship will dock at Pier 97 North River, foot of West 57th Street, New York City. After having passed inspection Passengers may disembark from the upper gangway on A-deck aft, and must show their Landing Card stamped »PASSED» to the guard at top of the gangway.
Passengers must carry their hand-baggage ashore. Members of one family, included on the same Landing Card, must pass the guard together. Landing Cards will be collected by another guard at the foot of the gangway on the pier.
Please Avoid Crowding: As it will take some time to unload trunks and heavy hand-baggage, it is suggested, for the passengers’ comfort, not to crowd at any time whilst proceeding for inspection. By taking your turn in line, and moving along in a single file, you will facilitate inspection.
Unaccompanied Passengers: The Travelers’ Aid Society has representatives boarding the ship at the pier who are prepared to gratuitously assist persons, unfamiliar with the city or the language, to waiting relatives or to railroad stations and to telegraph time of departure to respective destinations.
Mail, and Telegrams and Hotel Reservations. Passengers expecting mail or telegrams and those who have made hotel reservations in New York through the Purser’s office should apply at the Line’s Information Booth on the pier, opposite the gangway.
Baggage Examination: Passengers will then proceed to the Cabin class section of the pier, forward from the gangway, and await under respective letter the delivery of the baggage.
When all of his or her baggage has been assembled under proper letter, present the coupon detached from the Baggage Declaration to the Cabin class Customs Assignment Desk on the middle of the pier.
A Customs Inspector will be assigned and after the baggage inspection has been completed a Customs stamp will be affixed on each piece. A uniformed porter should then be called to truck the baggage outside the enclosure.
The Passenger should follow the truck and at the gate surrender all numbered coupons for checked baggage which is being removed. Any claim for damaged baggage must be made to the Baggage Master before the damaged article is removed from the pier in order to have the extent of damage determined.
Passengers proceeding to Canada or other foreign country may apply to the examining Custom Inspector to have their heavy baggage transferred »in bond» without U. S. Customs examination.
Removal of Baggage:
a) Passengers who wish to have their suitcases and heavy baggage transferred to a local hotel, residence or railway station, will find representatives of Morrissey’s Transfer Company, authorized express company agents of the Line, just outside the inner baggage enclosure on the upper level of the pier.
Baggage will be checked prepaid and in accordance with approved tariff, and claim check will be given for each piece of baggage to be transferred.
Morrissey’s Approved Transfer Charges:
Per Per
suitcase trunk
$ 0.75 $1.00 From Pier to any Railroad Station in the
Borough of Manhattan, New York City. $ °-75 $ 125 Within the limits of the Battery to 125th
Street.
$0.75 $1.50 Within the limits of 125th Street to City
Bine.
$ 1.00 $ 1.75 Yonkers.
$ °*75 $ J 25 Downtown Brooklyn.
$0.75 $1.50 Coney Island—Flatbush—Bay Ridge.
$0.75 $1.50 Astoria, Corona, Woodside, Jackson
Heights, Elmhurst.
$0.75 $1.75 Flushing—B ay side.
$0.75 $ 1.50 Jersey City & Hoboken.
$0.75 $1.75 Newark—Elizabeth.
Warning: Passengers are warned not to entrust their baggage to other express companies for whom the porters on the pier may be acting as solicitors, in order to avoid payment of excessive charges.
If a porter solicites for another express company, kindly take his number, which appears on his back, and report his number to the Head Baggage Master on the pier. The Morrissey's Transfer Company is the only authorished express company on the pier responsible to the Swedish American Line.
b) Passengers who desire to have limited baggage taken along in a taxicab, should request the porter to carry the baggage by hand or escalator to the level of the pier. Supervised taxicabs will be available inside the pier at regular rates.
Telephones: Coin telephones for the use of the passengers will be found in the pier and inside the Waiting Room, upper level, on the street end of the pier.
Telegrams: Uniformed Western Union messengers will board the ship on docking or will be in attendance on the pier to receive prepaid messages for transmission.
Railroad Tickets: Representatives of the principal railroads meet the ship on arrival. The Railroad desk is just outside the inner baggage enclosure near the Express Company’s desk on the pier. Railroad orders, exchangeable at respective depot, may be purchased or exchanged and baggage can be checked through to any domestic destination.
The Customs Authorities Do Not Permit Relatives and friends of arriving passengers to enter inside the baggage enclosure on the pier but they may be awaiting arrivals outside the enclosure or in the Waiting Room. The attendant in the information booth inside the last fence may be asked to call them through the public address system.
Passengers Are Cautioned against having any dealings with strangers and should apply for information and advice only at the Information Booth or to uniformed attendants inside the pier or to policemen stationed outside.
The Main Office of the Line is located at: 636 Fifth Ave., New York 20, N. Y. Telephone: Circle 6-1566.
Arrival at Gothenburg.
At Sea: a) First or second day out: Surrender passage ticket at Purser’s Office.
b) The Purser’s Office will give you the following forms: Bagage-deklaration (baggage declaration),
Polis-kort (police-card),
V aluta-deklaration (currency-declaration).
The Information Officers will assist you in making the entries in the different forms.
c) The Purser’s Office will give you Rationing cards for your meals in Swedish restaurants during three days. When you arrive at your destination, you get such cards from the local authorities.
At Noon, The Day before Arrival: Check that all baggage except your overnight handbag is properly packed and locked and that each piece is furnished with a Cabin class tag giving your full name and address, and provided with a label bearing the initial of your last name.
See your steward for Baggage tags and Initial labels. Valuables, furs and fragile packages must be carried ashore. During the afternoon stewards will remove all other baggage to decks in order to expedite quick landing.
On Arrival at the Quay. Examination of Passports and Currency takes place in the A-deck Music Saloon. Please assemble in a single file outside the Starboard entrance of the saloon.
Baggage will be brought to the place in the Customs shed that is marked with your initial letter.
On Disembarking, Passengers are urgently requested to claim their baggage (except pieces checked through to Copenhagen) before leaving the Customs shed. Considerable delay and extra charge for carriage will be incurred in forwarding any baggage not accompanying Passengers to destination.
