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Houseflags of Norwegian maritime companies (O)

O & A. Irgens
O. Tonnevold
O.A.T. Skjelbred
O.H. Meling & Co.
Odd Berg
Odd Godager & Company

O & A. Irgens

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

Bergen - yellow flag, blue swastika
Jarig Bakker, 22 February 2005

O. Tønnevold

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

image by Eugene Ipavec, 04 April, 2011

O. Tønnevold, Grimstad - blue swallowtail, white "T".
Jarig Bakker, 11 February 2005

We see a blue swallowtail bearing a white serifed initial “T”, the source being Wedge, F.J.N.; Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies; 1926 [wed26] . A slightly later appearance is Flaggenbuch Teil II (Fla. B. II) [d9e28]
Jan Mertens, 31 March, 2011

O. T. Tønnevold AS of Grimstad nowadays the firm uses a rectangular flag and an initial without serifs: http://www.ott.no/index.php?menuid=1&expand=1
This family business founded by O.T. Tønnevold in 1875 flew the swallowtail on ships like ‘Siam’ operated 1908-1923:
http://www.ott.no/images.php/original/119/11%20Siam%2020x30%20(600%20x%20400)%20resize.jpg
Tanker business developed but during WWII a split occurred resulting in two Tønnevold firms reunited, finally, in 1990. Currently container ships are operated as well, moreover OTT has diversified into property and technology investments. Oddly, the ‘Fleet’ section under ‘Shipping’ (upper menu) lists only one unsold ship, sailing under the British flag.
The two house flags are shown by skipet.no without chronological reference (and no serifs).

image located by Jan Mertens, 31 March, 2011

Image of rectangular variant attached, see also the last pic on this page for a table flag (many relevant photos on these pages).
Jan Mertens, 31 March, 2011

O.A.T. Skjelbred

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

O.A.T. Skjelbred, Christiansand - red flag, blue cross bordered white; in center white disk, blue "OS".
Jarig Bakker, 2 February 2005

O.H. Meling & Co.

image by Jarig Bakker, 14 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World ^[4]

Stavanger - the Thailand flag with on blue white "OHM".
Jarig Bakker, 14 January 2006

Odd Berg

image by Jarig Bakker
Source: The Caltex book of Flags and Funnels ^[15]

#105 Odd Berg, Oslo - black flag, blackened "B" within whitened "O".
Jarig Bakker, 3 January 2005

Odd Godager & Company

image by Ivan Sache, 21 September 2010
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, 1971 & 1978

The Odd Godager & Company was headquartered in Oslo, Norway. This version of their flag was shown by Brown in both the 1971 and 1978 editions.
Neale Rosanoski, 18 October 2008

modified by Pete Loeser, 21 September 2010

The Odd Godager & Company flag is also shown with a white field and letter, but whether this version is correct is questionable. It may have been taken from Brown (1958) which shows the white variant, while at the same time indicating in their notes that this is incorrect and the white should be yellow. The U.S. Navy Merchant Marine House Flags and Stack Insignia (1961) also shows the white version.
Neale Rosanoski, 20 September 2010