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Houseflags of Norwegian maritime companies (L)

L.W. Hansen
Larvik Shipping A/S
Leif Høegh & Co.
Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi
Lys-Line AS

L.W. Hansen, Bergen

image by Jarig Bakker
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, 1926 ^[9]

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

Larvik Shipping A/S

image 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 Høegh & Co.

image 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

image by Jarig Bakker

From the 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

Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi

image by Jarig Bakker, 23 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World ^[4]

Bergen - horizontal Red-White-Red flag; blue "M".
Jarig Bakker, 23 January 2006

A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi was established in 1898 by Johan Ludwig Mowinckel.

Today's fleet consists of dynamic positioned shuttle tankers, Aframax crude oil tankers and product carrier on long term time charters to first class charterers: ExxonMobil, TotalFinaElf and Teekay.

The vessels are registered in Bahamas, Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS) and Norwegian Ordinary Ship Register (NOR) and are mainly trading in international waters.

All vessels are managed by Vista Ship Management AS. The company is certified according to ISO 91: 2000 and ISO 14001: 1996.

Jarig Bakker, 27 January 2006

Lys-Line AS

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

The company has offices in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium and 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