SS Gripsholm Passenger List - 22 October 1953
Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the SS Gripsholm of the Swedish American Line, Departing 22 October 1953 from Gothenburg To New York, Commanded by Captain S. ERICSON. GGA Image ID # 1f423a84f3
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: S. ERICSON
- Chief Officer: H. G. SCHOUGH
- Chief Engineer: E. TOLL
- Chief Purser: H. BILÉN
- Assistant Purser: C. DAWE
- Cashier: T. ODENLUND
- Information Officer: R. ESSÉN
- Chief Steward First Class: A. PERSSON
- Ship's Doctor: S. TÖRNQVIST
First Class Passengers
- Aarnio, Mrs. Sylvia
- Aarnio, Master Paul
- Aarnio, Miss Kirsti
- Abel. Mr. Albert
- Alfredsson, Miss Marianne
- Améen, Mrs. Margit
- Andersen, Mrs. Elfrida
- Anderson, Mrs. Augusta
- Anderson, Miss Ebba
- Anderson, Miss Ella
- Andersson, Mr. John
- Barklund, Mr. Bo-Erik
- Bengtsson, Mr. Karl
- Bengtsson, Mrs.
- Berg, Mr. Andrew
- Berg, Mrs.
- Bird, Mr. Viggo
- Bird, Mrs.
- Borgvall, Miss Ulla
- Boyd, Mr. Lars
- Boyd, Mrs.
- Boyd, Master John
- Boyd, Miss Janet
- Broches. Mr. Aleksander
- Broches, Mrs.
- Brown, Miss Betty
- Buchsbaum, Mr. Abraham
- Buchsbaum, Mrs.
- Carlson, Mrs. Clara
- Casten-Carlberg, Mrs. Dorothy
- Cedvander, Mr. Eric
- Drensike, Mrs. Kaethe
- Eklund, Mr. Ernst
- Erneman, Mrs. Harriet
- Ertlov, Miss Ella
- Fanelly, Mr. Robert
- Fleisher, Mr. Eric
- Fleisher, Mrs.
- Fleisher, Miss Susanne
- Forsmark, Miss Eva
- Forstrom. Mr. Edward
- Forstrom, Mrs.
- Franitza, Miss llmi
- Göransson, Miss Karin
- Hagen, Bishop Odd
- Hagen, Mrs.
- Hall, Mr. Gösta
- Hall, Mrs.
- Hermelin, Countess Gunhild
- Holmbratt, Mr. Johan
- Holst, Mr. Karl
- Holst, Mrs.
- Hultén, Mr. Sven
- Hyrup, Mr. Emil
- Hyrup, Mrs.
- Jacobsen, Miss Inger
- Janson, Mr. Eric
- Janson, Mrs.
- Jansson, Mr. Lennart
- Jansson, Mrs.
- Jansson, Master Kent
- Jensen, Mr. Olvar T.
- Johnson, Mrs. Dorothy
- Johnson, Mrs. Sigrid
- Johnson, Mr. Ake
- Johnson, Mrs.
- Johnson, Miss Maud
- Johnson, Master Tom
- Karell, Consul General Sven
- Karell, Mrs.
- Kilpatrick, Prof. Martin
- Kilpatrick, Mrs.
- La Cour Petersen, Mr. Viggo
- Liljekvist, Mr. Hans
- Liljekvist, Mrs.
- Liljekvist, Master Hans C.
- Liljekvist, Master Hans G.
- Lindahl, Mr. Erik
- Lunn, Miss Abbi
- Macguire, Mrs. Karen
- Malmstrom, Miss Vivian
- Matthews, His Exc. Wilmot (Canadian Minister to Sweden)
- Matthews, Mrs.
- Matthews, Master Donald
- Matthews, Master John
- McAllister, Mr. Alfred
- McAllister, Mrs.
- Millo, Mrs. Sylvia
- Modig, Mr. Oscar
- Moberg, Mr. Lennart
- Mortensson, Miss Ruth
- Nelson, Mr. James
- Nielsen, Captain Charles
- Nordin, Rev. Willard
- Nordin, Mrs.
- Nordin, Master Timothy
- Nordin, Master Roger
- Ogren, Mrs. Elizabeth
- Ogren, Miss Martha
- Ouren, Mr. Elling
- Petersen, Mr. Frederick
- Puening, Mr. Franz
- Puening, Mrs.
- Regne, Mr. Arvid
- Rosell, Mrs. Anna
- von Rosen, Count Jan Carl
- von Rosen, Mrs.
- Ryan, Mr. Edward
- Ryan, Mrs.
- Ryan, Miss Cordelia
- Sahlin, Miss Anna
- Sandberg, Mr. David
- Sandberg, Mrs.
- Sandberg, Mrs. Karin
- Sandberg, Master Bo
- Sandberg, Miss Birgitta
- Scheele, Mr. Albert
- Scheele, Mrs.
- Stromberg, Miss Doris
- Sundewall, Mr. Henrik
- Torup, Mrs. Inger
- Vogt, Mr. Henry
- Weiden, Miss Goddina
- White, Mrs. Ingrid
- Windmiller, Mrs. Ottilie
- Winnerstam, Mrs. Eivor
- Winnerstam, Master Göran
- Winnerstam, Miss Helen
Passenger Information
Fast and Dependable Mail Service to Sweden
Ask at the Purser's office for a folder on how you can take advantage of this fast, dependable service.
Your LETTERS and PACKAGES get PROMPT and RAPID delivery when sent on a SHIP of the Swedish American Line.
SAL "SURPRISE" PACKAGE
Contents:
- 2 Bottles of specially flavored Genuine SAL Aquavit
- 2 Bottles of special bottled 5-year-old SAL Bourbon
- 1 Bottle of special bottled SAL quality Scotch
Total 5 bottles or One gallon
The price is only $12.50.
The contents of the SAL "Surprise" package have been especially selected and bottled for the Swedish American Line. If purchased in the United States, the cost would be about $30. You save up to $18 and obtain top quality in a convenient package.
The SAL "Surprise" package may be brought into the United States duty-free by bona fide U. S. residents returning from Europe.
upon arrival in New York, Non-residents will have to pay duty and tax totalling about $11.50 for each package.
For further information please apply for a special folder obtainable at the Purser's Office.
Route Map and Table of Distances, SS Gripsholm First Class Passenger List, 22 October 1953. GGA Image ID # 1f424353ea
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