Norden A/S (Danish Shipping Company)

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• P. Brown jun. & Co.
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Norden A/S

The company is based in København. The company website shows the plain red flag with white 7-point star flying over their building on the heritage page.
Source: company heritage page
Neale Rosanoski, 27 Apr 2004

Dampskibselskabet "Norden" was established in 1871 by Mads Christian Holm. That had also been the name of its first steamship in 1872.
Ole Andersen, 16 Nov 2002

Dampskibselskabet "Norden", Peter Brown, followed by P. Brown Jnr & Co., were operators at least, possibly even owners, although they are not mentioned by Lloyds from the 1960s. Sources usually showed both names but Stewart (1953) has only shown that of Brown.
Neale Rosanoski, 27 Apr 2004

Peter Brown

image by Ivan Sache, 16 Nov 2002

The company was based in Kobenhavn. The flag was red with centred white 7-point star in Maersk style.
Source: US Navy 1961, p.3-18/row 1/column 1
Ivan Sache, 16 Nov 2002

P. Brown jun. & Co.

The company was based in København. P. Brown Jun. & Co. refer my comments for Dampskibselskabet "Norden" for this appears to be their flag. Brown was an operator for other companies as well, which also had their own flags, one of which has been shown under the name of the operator. They go back to 1893, originally as Peter Brown, and sources do show under P. Brown Jnr & Co. a red flag with a centred white initial "B" which would appear to be actually theirs.
Sources: Joseph Nüsse website, Stewart and Styring"s Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 and Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, group 3, image 524
Neale Rosanoski, 27 Apr 2004 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 27 May 2025

The flag was green with a blue initial "L" on a centred white lozenge.
Source: US Navy 1961, p.3-15/row 1/column 2
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 May 2025

Det Helsingørske Dampskibsselskab (P.Brown Jr. & Co.)

The company was based in København. It was a white square flag with a red bordure and a dark blue 5-point star in its centre.
Sources: Lloyds Book of House Flags and Funnels (1912) p. 80, image no. 910 and Wedge 1926
Jarig Bakker, 20 Jan 2005, Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Sep 2008 and Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 19 June 2013

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