The Swedish American Line was founded in November 1914 by the Swedish ship owner Dan Brostrøm. In the early years of the company's history they were mainly earning their income from conveying Scandinavian emigrants to America, and by taking Norwegian-Americans back to Europe for vacations. As the number of emigrants declined the Swedish America Line, like most of the other great transatlantic companies turned to the cruise market. After 60 successful years, the company's passenger ship operations were dissolved in 1975, suffering severely from a weakened cruise market.

There were not many of the Norwegian emigrants who traveled by this line. The main reason for that is probably that it was a direct competitor to the Norwegian America Line, which could offer a better deal for Norwegians by having direct connections from Norwegian ports to New York. Norwegians traveling by the Swedish America Line had to go via Sweden.

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Fleet list:  Type Name of ship   Year Built    Construction Shipyard    Tonnage (burthen)      S/S Drottningholm 1905  Alexander Stephen & Sons  11 182 gross    S/S Kungsholm (1) 1902  Harland & Wolff  12 500 gross    S/S Stockholm 1900  Blohm & Voss  12 522 gross    M/V Gripsholm 1925  Armstrong Whitworth & Co.  17 716 gross    M/V Kungsholm (2) 1925  Blohm & Voss  20 233 gross

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Some companies may have had additional ships in their fleets to those mentioned above. They might not have been included if the ships were not engaged in the conveyance of emigrants. Some ships mentioned in the fleet lists may have been chartered from other companies, see the ship's description and history for more details.