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Houseflags of Norwegian maritime companies (K)

K. Andersen & Co
K.F. Langfeldt
K.S. Nordgren
Knut Knutsen
Knutsen OAS Shipping
Kopervik Shipping AS
Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi (KGJS)
L.W. Hansen
Larvik Shipping A/S
Leif Hoegh & Co.
Lys-Line AS

K. Andersen & Co.

by Jarig Bakker

Frederikstad - red flag, white stylized "AK"
Jarig Bakker, 15 February 2005

K.F. Langfeldt

by Ivan Sache

The flag is red with a white lozenge charged with a L (blue).

'Lloyd's book of house flags and funnels of the principal steamship lines of the world and the house flags of various lines of sailing vessels', published at Lloyd's Royal Exchange. London. E.C., #2047
Ivan Sache, 1 February 2004

K.S. Nordgren

by Jarig Bakker
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]

Bergen - white flag, blue 5-pointed star.
Jarig Bakker, 19 February 2005

Knut Knutsen

by Jarig Bakker
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]

Haugesund - white flag, black "K".
Jarig Bakker, 22 Janurary 2004

Knutsen OAS Shipping

by Ivan Sache
Source: http://www.knutsenoas.no/

The flag is swallow-tailed, square, blue with four white stripes in its lower half.
Ivan Sache, 1 December 2003

contributed by Neale Rosanoski

The original flag of the founder Knut Knutsen was white with a large black "K". The current flag probably dates from around 1984 when the Knutsen family sold out but whether it is the version shown here is open to doubt. This has been taken from the logo on the company site, though the shade of blue appears to be dark, but according to Brown 1995 the flag places this logo onto a normal white rectangle although this may be incorrect in that the logo is shown as a square on the website whereas the flag version turns it into a rectangle. It seems definitely wrong in that the blue bands in the lower half are not shown narrowing in descending scale as with the logo.
Neale Rosanoski, 16 August 2004

Kopervik Shipping AS

by Ivan Sache
Source: http://www.kopervikshipping.no/

The company is based in Kopervik, and was formerly known as Frimann Skeie & Co. The flag is white with a blue K in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 1 December 2003

Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi (KGJS)

by Ivan Sache
Source: http://www.kgjs.no/

The company was founded in 1967 in Bergen by Kristian Gerhard Jebsen. It started with two coastal vessels, and is still fully owned by the Jebsen family. The flag is white with a blue chevron and a light blue triangle at fly.
Ivan Sache, 1 December 2003

L.W. Hansen, Bergen

by Jarig Bakker
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]

White flag, blue "LWH".
Jarig Bakker, 18 December 2004

Larvik Shipping A/S

by Ivan Sache

Source: http://www.larvik-shipping.no/

The company was founded in 1988 in Narvik by John Tollevik. The flag is swallow-tailed, blue with two thin white stripes near the top and bottom of the flag and the white letter LS in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 1 December 2003

Leif Hoegh & Co.

by Jorge Candeias

The "H" should be centred and so should the horizontal arm. See the flag on the Josef Nüsse site which has been confirmed by an actual sighting 14.11.2003 on the "Hual Trekker".
Neale Rosanoski, 11 December 2003

by Jarig Bakker

From the link provided by Barbara Tomlinson of The National Maritime Museum:

The house flag of Hoegh, Leif, & Co. A/S, Oslo. A white rectangular flag bearing a blue letter 'H'. The flag is made of cotton fabric and is machine sewn. A rope and clip are attached.

Jarig Bakker, 19 Augutst 2004

Lys-Line AS

by Ivan Sache
Source: http://www.lysline.no/

The company has offices in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium adn Sweden. The flag is white with two blue diagonal stripes in lower left and upper right corner and the blue S-like monogram of the company in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 1 December 2003

Formed as Simonsen & Slang hence the emblem, changing name in 1997 to the name under which their shipping operations had originally been made. Although the flag is shown like the logo on the company website, the Josef Nüsse site, under the old name, shows a flag with the diagonal bands going per bend sinister and it is possible to make out that the emblem is placed separately on both sides so as to look the same to the viewer. Why the bands are different is a mystery as Brown 1982 was showing the version shown here, unless it was changed early in the company's history. The blue shade would also appear to be dark.
Neale Rosanoski, 16 August 2004