Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab

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Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab was a Norwegian shipping company that operated ferries in Northern Norway.{{cite encyclopedia

|url=https://snl.no/Vesteraalens_Dampskibsselskab |title=Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=29 January 2022 |accessdate=28 March 2024 |language=no}}

The ferry service was founded by Richard With on 10 November 1881 at Stokmarknes in Nordland, Norway. In the same year, the shipping company's first ship - the steamer DS Vesteraalen from 1865 (ex-SS Arendal) was purchased from Arendals Dampskibsselskab. The company ran in the local transportation route, and then it started the first Coastal Express in 1893 with the ship {{SS|Vesteraalen|1890|2}} from 1891. The company merged in 1987 with Ofotens Dampskibsselskab and a new company was formed, Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (OVDS). That company merged with Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap in 2006 to form Hurtigruten Group.{{cite web

|url= http://www.hurtigrutene.info/hurtigruten/Rederiene/Vesteraalens%20Dampskibsselskab.htm |title=Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab, Stokmarknes |author=Per Rydheim |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080925183612/http://www.hurtigrutene.info/hurtigruten/Rederiene/Vesteraalens%20Dampskibsselskab.htm |accessdate=June 1, 2017 |archive-date= 2008-09-25 |language=no}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.ads.no/history.aspx |title=Arendals Dampskibsselskab - ADS - from 1857 to present |publisher=Arendals Dampskibsselskab AS |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725222803/http://www.ads.no/history.aspx |archivedate=25 July 2017 |accessdate=28 March 2024}}