Chief Purser Carl-Gustav Kruse

Christmas Eve 1969 Seated at the table, clockwise, from front: Chief Officer Rolf Nordell, Information Officer Carl-Gustav Kruse Chief Engineer Åke Svensson, First Radio Operator Stig Andersson Captain Hasse Nilssson, First Engineer Alf Grönstedt Chef de cuisine Rune Forsberg, Chief purser Curt Dawe Bengt Kallum was ashore

The Captain's Christmas Luncheon for his officers in 1970 on board the Gripsholm, somewhere in the Caribbean. Former Chief Purser Evert G Eriksson and his wife were passengers on this cruise. Seated at the table, clockwise, from front: Ship's Doctor Johannes Spotoft, Chief Officer Kjell Smitterberg Evert G Eriksson (a.k.a. the Singing Purser), Chief Enginer Åke Svensson, Information Officer Carl-Gustav Kruse, Chef de cuisine Stig L Oscarsson, Chief Purser Poul V. Lange, Mrs Eriksson - Ulla Gyllenstierna, Captain Lars-Erik Granqvist, First Engineer Göte Hellberg

Going on Today The Gripsholm's daily program sheet for the Christmas West Indies Cruise, Dec 28, 1970 with a note of congratulation on Evert G. Eriksson's birthday

The Cruise Staff, dressed to entertain. Bill Klingener, Shore Trip Staff member, has contributed the following information, from left to right: Fred Fields, Ralph Magelsen, Ron Anderson, Bill Klingener, Phillip Panettiere, Herb Colcard Cruise Manager, Jean Kerr Social Directress, Gordon Meyers, Ralph Alfaro “Cookie” Shore Trip Manager, Alfred Gilbert, William Knowlton, Philip Hanie, and David Croft – Bridge Instructor.

Gripsholm in Geiranger Fjord, Scandinavia-Western Europe Cruise 1974		Icebergs sighted on route Le Havre - New York

Passengers' birthday parties Gripsholm South Seas Cruise 1973

C.G. Kruse and Captain Lars-Erik Granqvist with passengers	Buccaneers aboard!

Mad Hatter's Party

Crossing the Equator Ceremony in the Pacific. Kungsholm World Cruise 1974

C.G. Kruse and Captain with passengers	Kungsholm World Cruise 1974

MS Kungsholm after having been sold in 1975. The funnels have the new owner's symbol, but the name Kungsholm is still on her stern. C.G. Kruse has made a notation that exhaust fumes are causing soot damage to the aft funnel.

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