A/B P.J. HAEGERSTRAND.

Haegerstrand’s flag is blue with a gold horizontal oval containing PJH. Rosanoski reads the letters as black, but allows that they may be dark blue. The website logo and the painting of Peru supply the evidence. Peru, built in the firm’s foundation year of 1859, belonged to it from 1876 to 1897; its foremast flag is white edged blue with black 15, and the houseflag flies at the main.

Town architect and shipowner Per Johan Haegerstrand founded the firm in 1859. His son-in-law A.F. Lagerholm became joint owner in 1894; Haegerstrand died in 1905. The Gävle-owned firm later became a general shipping agency under Engco. Its interests included HML Shipping, Söderhamn Shipping, Stefan Trybom, Ivar Lundh and Team Lines. A later register records Österströms acquiring 30%.

Sweden, Gävle.