S/S Titania, an FÅA ship that sailed on Helsinki/Hanko– Copenhagen– Hull in the early 20th century. ^[1]

Effoa was a Finnish shipping company founded in 1883 by Captain Lars Krogius as the Finland Steamship Company^[2] or Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolag in Swedish, Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiö in Finnish. The company was usually referred to as FÅA, an abbrevation of the original Swedish name. In 1976, the company changed its name to Effoa, a phonetic spelling of the abbrevation FÅA. 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

The company was a founding member of the Silja Line consortium ^[3]. In 1975 FÅA founded Finncarriers together with Finnlines as a joint freight operations venture. In the 1980's both Finncarriers and Finnlines became fully owned subsidiaries of Effoa. In 1989 Effoa decided to give up it's freight-carrying operations, and its shares of Finnlines were transferred to Effoa's owners.^[4] Effoa stopped trading as an independent company in 1990 when it merged with its Silja Line partner Johnson Line to form EffJohn. Silja Line ships in Helsinki in 2004 Silja Line (Silja Oyj Apb) is a Finnish shipping company owned as of 2006 by the Estonian ferry operator Tallink. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Finnlines ships in Helsinki in 2004 Finnlines (Oy Finnlines Ltd) is a Finnish shipping company that operates freight all over Northern Europe as well as passenger services in the Baltic Sea. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After World War II, in 1945, FÅA was the first company to restart passenger traffic on the Helsinki - Stockholm route with S/S Wellamo. The same ship was also the first to start passenger traffic on the Helsinki - Tallinn route in 1965. ^[5] Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead: 50,000,000 Military dead: 8,000,000 Civilian dead: 4,000,000 Total dead 12,000,000 World War II (abbreviated WWII), or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

References

External links

• Finland Steamship Company at TheShipList
• Silja Line company website