MS Finnmarken (2001)

MS Finnmarken (call sign LDBE), named MS Otto Sverdrup between 2021 and 2025, is a Norwegian coastal ship owned and operated by Hurtigruten. It was built in 2002 at Kværner Kleven, Ulsteinvik, Norway, and cost around 750 million Norwegian Kroner (nok). It was part of the Hurtigruten coastal route travelling between Bergen and Kirkenes from 2002 to 2009. In 2010 it was leased as a hotel ship in Australia. The ship returned to Norway in 2012 as a part of the coastal route. Since 2024, it has sailed bi-weekly from Hamburg to the North Cape and back as part of Hurtigruten's Signature product. Between 2021 and April 2025 it operated under the name Otto Sverdrup. It was renamed to its original name MS Finnmarken in April 2025. MS Finnmarken is the third Hurtigruten ship with this name. Previous ships were DS Finmarken from 1912 and MS Finnmarken from 1956, which is currently part of the Hurtigruten museum in Stokmarknes, Norway.

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