The Copenhagen-Malmö ferry Sverige in Copenhagen., Benjamin Olsen, 1909

The sverige was built by burmeister & wain in copenhagen (yard no. 263) in 1908 and delivered to the øresund steamship company. It was used as a ferry between copenhagen and malmö until 1917, when it was sold to the danish state railways (dsb) and became the niels holst. Sold again in 1936 to ångfartygs-a/b mariehamn, åbo, finland and named per brahe. Scrapped in 1955. Source: jmarcussen. Dk (in danish). Object Type: painting. Date: 1909. Dimensions: height: 54 cm (21.2 in); width: 95 cm (37.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unknown. Christian Benjamin Olsen - Malmø-færgen Sverige i København - 1909