S/S Bohuslän
Summer trips with the steamer Bohuslän
The Steamboat presents here the steamer Bohuslän's summer trips for 2025.
No printed timetable will be produced this year.
For more details about times, ticket prices, advance purchase and serving on board, we refer to the Sällskapet Ångbåten's website http://www.steamboat.se/en/ as well as to social media, on Facebook Ångaren BOHUSLÄN and Färjan 4 and on Instagram @angarenbohuslän and @farjan4a.
For our travelers and readers of the magazine ÅNGBÅTEN to be able to plan summer trips more easily, we provide an overview and clearer information here.
Several of our trips offer a combined ticket with boat trip and subscribed bus.
Travel with Bohuslän this summer!
The best and nicest way to support the preservation of the steamer Bohuslän is to take a trip with it. The fine salon interior, the large walking decks and the calm rhythm of the steam engine cannot be experienced on other passenger ships on the coast. When you travel with Bohuslän, it provides important income for the operation and maintenance of the steamer.
Reservations
The steamboat company reserves the right to change routes and times due to weather and wind.
Single tickets and tickets for Gothenburg–Öckerö one-way and return trips as well as bicycle tickets are only sold at the gangway.
Subject to availability, other tickets are also sold at the gangway.
Children aged 4–17 accompanied by an adult pay SEK 50 per trip.
För cykel, i mån av plats, betalas 50 kronor per enkel resa.
Serving on board
There is always something good to eat and drink on board.
The steamer Bohuslän has full rights.
There are two sittings on the tours, decide on sitting when booking. Appetizers and drinks are ordered on site on board.
Food and/or drinks brought with you may not be consumed on board.
We can serve - everything from sandwiches to 3-course meals.
On our longer tours, we serve more moderate dishes.
Exactly what differs from day to turn.
Examples of what we serve can be Summer plate with salmon, fresh potatoes, rum sauce, etc.
Steward's sandwich, pancakes with cream and jam.
Our goal is to always give our travelers good food with fine ingredients at a good price.
We have complete rights
Charter Bohuslän
Charter information Steamer Bohuslän
For more information and booking:
- Fill in our Charter form.
Frequently asked questions with answers
We have full rights.
Our Steamboat Beer is well-reputed.
On the weather deck and aft deck, passengers can stay under cover.
* S/S Bohuslän normally travels in the Southern and Northern Archipelago and Göta Älv.
* S/S Bohuslän usually departs from Stenpiren.
* S/S Bohuslän was built in 1914 at Eriksberg's mechanical workshop and is well preserved in original condition.
A tour of the archipelago takes about three hours, a round trip to Marstrand about five hours plus the desired time ashore.
During the trip, you are of course allowed to go down and see our engine room, as well as visit our captain up on the bridge.
Charter form
The steamer Bohuslän is one of the west coast's oldest and most beautiful ships, built at Eriksberg's Mekaniska Verkstad as the flagship of Marstrands Nya Ångfartygs AB (Marstrandsbolaget), with a delivery date of May 14, 1914. For over 40 years, she went back and forth six days a week between Gothenburg and Kungshamn (then Gravarne) regardless of the weather. On the way, she called at a large number of piers, such as Smögen, Lysekil, Marstrand and many more.
After all these years along the coast, however, Bohuslän's steam-powered machine began to become inefficient and she found it increasingly difficult to compete with the increasing number of cars, buses and bridges. Then she was deployed on "purchase traffic" in Öresund and later also between Strömstad and Norwegian ports. After a while, however, this was not profitable either, and in the fall of 1963 she was laid up to be sold for scrapping two years later. A young group of people then saw the steamer and asked the scrap dealer if it was possible to buy her. SEK 60,000 was the price that the then newly formed Sällskapet Ångbåten managed to scrape together by selling 600 shares of SEK 100 each. Since then, the ship has been operated by a non-profit working crew with both regular, open tours and charter tours every summer. The steamer is today K-marked and classified as a traditional vessel.
| Building yard | Eriksberg's Mechanical Workshop, Gothenburg |
| Launched | 15 december 1913 |
| Length | 43.13 meter |
| Width | 7.42 meter |
| Draught | About 3.00 meters |
| Gross gestation | Gross 304, Net 112 |
| Machine | 3 cylinder Triple expansion engine |
| Effect | 700 indicated hp, 515 kW, rpm approx. 100/min Maximum speed 11 knots |
| Auxiliary machine | Steam powered dynamo generating 110 volts direct current |
| Power source | Oil fired Scottish sea steam boiler |
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