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The History of M/Y LORIS The Loris was comissioned by Ivar Kreuger in Februari 1913 - the same month he founded Aktiebolaget Sveriges Förenade Tändsticksfabriker. This was the beginning of his match empire. The Loris was designed by the renowned constructor Knut Ljungberg, who later designed the Tärnan for Ivar along with a number of boats for Torsten Kreuger. The first engine, probably a Standard, could reach a speed of 12 knots. This engine was replaced after the First World War, since petrol engines improved enormously during the war. The Loris, equipped with an eight cylinder Sterling engine, now reached the speed of 22 knots. Ivar used the boat to get to his beloved Ängsholmen with his mistress, Ingeborg Hässler, but also for official entertainement. In 1924 Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo and Mauritz Stiller joined Kreuger for a trip in the Loris. The voyage started at Lilla Skuggan, continued to Charles Magnussons place in Skarpö and to Ängsholmen. From there they went to the Grand Hotel in Saltsjöbaden and the SF ball. In 1929 a 300 horse-power Sterling Coast Guard engine was installed and the speed increased to 27 knots.This straight six with 24L cubic capacity had four ignition plugs and four valves per cylinder and weigh 1,6 tons. It was 2,5 meters long, 1,4 meters high and consumed 160 litres of petrol per hour. In 1932 Ivar Kreuger died in Paris after having shot himself in the heart, and his group of companies went into bankruptcy. The Loris was sold on an auction under a writ of execution at Josef Janssons boatyard in Fittja for 8 000 SEK, engine excluded, to Ruben Johansson from Södertälje. The engine was sold separately to Axel Wennergren and installed in the Tärnan, which he bought at the same time. The engine was removed from the boat at Bosö boatyard in Lidingö in 1948, where it was found 45 years later by the owner of M/Y Måsen, who since then has renovated it. Ruben Johansson, the owner of Södertelje Elektriska (later SEL) used the Loris, first with a Pierce Arrow B6 engine, then with a Chries Craft engine, until his death in 1962. The Loris was sold by the estate in 1963 to Sven Christensen, a Danish antique dealer, who moved it to Copenhagen. During the 1970:s she had several different Danish owners and was for sale in Germay, before she was bought by Peter Tidlund and brought back to Stockholm in 1980. She was sold again, and in 1983 she sank outside Tufa Marin on Ekerö. The shipyard salvaged the boat, but left her uncovered in the boatyard for 6-7 years. An enthusiast from MYS saved her at the last moment from going up in flames. She had another four owners before Mats Arrhenborg and Joakim Irebjer bought her and started to renovate her in 1993. The Loris was on display on the boat fair ²Allt för sjön² in 1997 and was launched in June 1998. The Swedish Royal family where guests aboard Loris in 2005. You can charter MY LORIS fore small groups. Call us on +4670 815 99 70 or +4670 495 66 26
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