Description
The complete history of the most important pre-war airline: Det Norske Luftfartselskap, Fred. Olsen & Bergenske A/S (Norwegian Air Lines). The company was formed in October 1933 and two years later received a general license for all domestic and international air routes in Norway.
The first Junkers Ju 52/3m (LN-DAE “Havørn”) arrived in June 1935 and inaugurated the Oslo – Moss – Arendal – Kristiansand – Stavanger – Haugesund – Bergen route. Later, the company also started the coastal route from Bergen to Tromsø and from Oslo to Gothenburg and Copenhagen. During the winter of 1937-38, a Ju 52/3m was chartered to AB Aerotransport and flew the Stockholm – Turku – Helsinki route. DNL managed to establish itself as the national airline of Norway. In 1939 the company started flying its routes with landplanes and in June 1940 was to start a mail route from Bergen to New York via Iceland with Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats and in cooperation with Det Danske Luftfartselskab, AB Aerotransport and eventually also Aero OY (now Finnair). During World War II the planes were confiscated by the Luftwaffe and handed over to Deutsche Lufthansa and the Luftwaffe for use on the Trondheim – Tromsø – Kirkenes route.
The book tells of the early years and ends with the dramatic end in 1946, when DNL lost its concession to the partly state-owned Det Norske Luftfartselkap A/S, which later became part of Scandinavia Airlines System – SAS. Peace. Olsen’s old DNL company was transformed into “Fred. Olsens Flyselskap A/S” in August 1946
The book is illustrated with 713 pictures, 25 colour profiles, 4 sectional drawings, many timetables, posters, stickers, luggage tags, etc. etc. A book that many have been looking forward to.
The book is in Norwegian.
