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Drottningholm

Following the second world war, the Drottningholm re-entered service with the SAL for a short time
before being sold in 1948 to Home Lines and renamed Brasil

Letter within SAL printed envelope (printing on reverse
of envelope shown on right) posted on board the SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE
Drottingholm on 25April 1947.

The letter is dated 1 May (Thursday) and refers to the
arrival in Sweden on Monday (5 May). The postmark is 25 April (the previous Friday) the day that the
ship left New York for Sweden. The crossing took 11 days.

SVENSKA AM ERIKA LINIEN
s. s. "Drottningholm"
''ht "1 ' - t'l 'f 7
~~-'~~~

-U.'IA. cP '?7_~p_p~
. r 7f/.ie. ~ -~ . . I

"Dear Gus and Adriann [Lund] - Just a f ew lines this afternoon before I forget my promise. We are
having a wonderful time on the ship. I have only skipped three meals in the dining room, so I have done
better than expected. We have lovely neighbours - one family are Danish and the other two are Swedish
families from Chicago. We visited back and forth and play cards and then go up and walk on the deck.
This noon we were 2000 miles out and have 1400 miles left to Gothenburg. Suppose to get there about 9
o'clock on Monday morning. Andy is thinking of selling our car in Sweden before we go back. We had a
nice drive across country to New York. And we enjoyed our visits in Nebraska, Kansas and New Jersey. I
enjoyed meeting Cousin Reinhold Freeden and his wife and two children. We spent about six days in
Summit New Jersey. Too many people around to write anymore ... "