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19-519: The company owns 20 archipelago boats, and four boats for the inner-city Djurgården ferry line. The operation of the ships is handled by several contractors, some of whom also operate their own ships on behalf of Waxholmsbolaget. The origins of the company lie in the Djurgårdens Ångbåts-Aktie-Bolag , which was established in 1849. The company operated a steamboat service to the Stockholm archipelago, using

38-460: A film in alternating languages on the recovery of the Vasa . The museum is in the process of publishing an 8-volume archaeological report to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the salvage. Vasa I: The Archaeology of a Swedish Warship of 1628 was published at the end of 2006. Subsequent volumes will be published annually. The museum also features four other museum ships moored in the harbour outside:

57-513: A joint venture of Serco and Strömma Turism & Sjöfart  [ sv ] . Vasa Museum The Vasa Museum ( Swedish : Vasamuseet ) is a maritime museum in Stockholm , Sweden . Located on the island of Djurgården , the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990 and, according to

76-550: A passenger to travel via Slussen or Djurgården. Skeppsholmen is a request stop and passengers wishing to disembark there must inform a crew member on boarding. Passengers wishing to join the ferry are required to summon the ferry by pressing a button at the stop. Ferry traffic in Stockholm's harbour dates to the 18th century, when rowing boats were stationed at different locations. During the 19th century steam ferries took over traffic to be followed by modern motor-powered ferries. However road and rail routes increasingly took over, and

95-525: The Vasa Museum and the Skansen open-air museum . Depending on the time of day and day of the week, the ferries operate three, four or six times per hour. Two ferries are normally required to operate services, with an extra ferry required for the six services per hour frequency. The service carries some 2.2 million passengers a year. Not all trips stop at Skeppsholmen, and a journey to or from there may require

114-519: The paddle steamers Ran and Aegir on routes from Stockholm to Vaxholm and Dalarö . The new steamboats answered a demand for travel to and from the archipelago, both from affluent Stockholmer’s building summer villas on outlying islands, but also from archipelago residents who travelled into the city to sell fish and vegetables at the market. In 1869 the company was transformed into the Waxholms Ångfartygs Aktiebolag , which came to be popularly known as

133-474: The Djurgården ferry is one of the few of the harbour ferries to have survived. Waxholmsbolaget took over the Djurgården ferry in 1970. In 2014 the responsibility for the ferry service was transferred to Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), and it was fully integrated into that body's ticketing system. Waxholmsbolaget continue to own the ferries, and subcontracts their operation to Djurgårdens Färjetrafik, who are

152-507: The Waxholmsbolaget fleet: Djurg%C3%A5rden ferry The Djurgården ferry ( Swedish : Djurgårdsfärjan ) is an inner city ferry route in Stockholm , Sweden . It runs from a terminal near Slussen , in the old town of Gamla Stan , to Allmänna gränd on the island of Djurgården , with an optional stop at the island of Skeppsholmen . The service is integrated into Stockholm's public transport system , as route 82, and accepts all

171-534: The Waxholmsbolaget. Shares were issued in the new company, and a new propeller powered steamboat, the Fredriksborg , was built. In 1881, the Waxholm joined the fleet, establishing the design of what became the typical archipelago steamer. However, in 1898, dissatisfaction with the services provided by the Waxholms Ångfartygs Aktiebolag led to the foundation of a competitor, the Stockholm - Vaxholms Rederi AB . In 1901,

190-496: The dry dock of the old naval yard with an inauguration ceremony hosted by Prince Bertil on 2 November 1987. Vasa was towed into the flooded dry dock under the new building in December 1987, and during the summer of 1989, when visitors were allowed onto the construction site, 228,000 people visited the half-finished museum. The museum was officially opened on 15 June 1990. So far, Vasa has been seen by over 25 million people. In 2017,

209-417: The entire ceiling. Inside the museum the ship can be seen from six levels, from her keel to the very top of the sterncastle . Around the ship are numerous exhibits and models portraying the construction, sinking, location, and recovery of the ship. There are also exhibits that expand on the history of Sweden in the 17th century, providing background information for why the ship was built. A movie theatre shows

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228-517: The majority shareholder. In 1964, the company was renamed as Waxholms Ångfartygs AB , under the ownership of the Vaxholm Municipality . Three years later, in 1967, ownership was transferred to a joint body of the City of Stockholm and County of Stockholm . In 1971, with the incorporation of the city into the county, ownership moved to Stockholm County Council . In 1970, Waxholmsbolaget took over

247-462: The maximum distance was only 5 m (17 ft). In 1981, the Swedish government decided that a permanent Vasa museum was to be constructed and a competition for the design of the museum building was organized. A total of 384 architects sent in models of their ideas and the final winners were Marianne Dahlbäck and Göran Månsson with Ask ("box"). The construction of the new building began on and around

266-467: The museum had a total of 1,495,760 visitors. The main hall contains the ship itself, and various exhibits related to the archaeological findings of the ships and early 17th-century Sweden. Vasa has been fitted with the lower sections of all three masts , a new bowsprit , winter rigging , and has had certain parts that were missing or heavily damaged replaced. The replacement parts have not been treated or painted and are therefore clearly visible against

285-616: The official website, is the most visited museum in Scandinavia . Together with other museums such as the Stockholm Maritime Museum , it belongs to the Swedish National Maritime Museums (SNMM). From the beginning of 1961 to 1983, Vasa was housed in a temporary structure called Wasavarvet ("The Vasa Shipyard") where she was treated with polyethylene glycol . Visitors could only view the ship from two levels and

304-436: The original material that has been darkened after three centuries under water. The new museum is dominated by a large copper roof with stylized masts that represent the actual height of Vasa when she was fully rigged. Parts of the building are covered in wooden panels painted in dark red, blue, tar black, ochre yellow and dark green. The interior is similarly decorated, with large sections of bare, unpainted concrete, including

323-698: The relevant tickets of Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). It is operated on behalf of SL by Waxholmsbolaget and its sub-contractors, Djurgårdens Färjetrafik . All of the ferry's stops are close to visitor attractions, with the Slussen terminal close to the old city centre and the Royal Palace , the Skeppsholmen stop near to the Moderna Museet , and the Djurgården terminal close to the Gröna Lund amusement park ,

342-568: The services and fleet of the Stockholms Ångslups AB  [ sv ] company, which had been founded in 1863. This company operated ferry services within Stockholm city and the inner archipelago, including the Djurgården ferries. The current fleet owned by the Waxholmsbolaget comprises three classic vessels, nine ice-strengthened ferries, eight fast ferries and four ferries for the urban Djurgården ferry service. See article Djurgården ferry The following notable vessels were formerly part of

361-582: The two companies merged to form a new company, the Waxholms Nya Ångfartygs AB , which continued to be popularly known as the Waxholmsbolaget. In 1913, the Enskilda Bank took over the running of the Waxholmsbolaget, in order to expand operations and offer a better service throughout the archipelago. One of the changes introduced during this period was the company logo, a "W" on a blue and yellow background, designed by Jacob Hägg . In 1946, Rederi Svea became

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