History

LandskronaVarvet has its roots in the old Öresundsvarvet, whose first ship was launched in 1918. The shipyard was built entirely on landfill extracted from the sea. The shipyard grew fast and was soon one of Sweden’s largest, with over 1 000 employees.

In the 1940’s, the shipyard was incorporated into the Götaverken group, which at the time was one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups.  The facilities expansion continued with the construction of the large assembly hall in 1969 which became the largest heated indoor working place in Sweden. In the late 1960s, shipbuilding was concentrated in one building berth, which was expanded to accommodate ships of 275 by 40 metres. New cranes with large lifting capacity were obtained. The shipyard kept growing and by the 1970s had over 3,000 employees and was delivering five large bulk carriers a year.  The largest ships launched from this berth were a series of 17 bulk ships of 124,000 tonnes.

During the international crisis that struck the world shipbuilding industry in the mid-1970s, the Götaverken group, with its subsidiary Öresundsvarvet, was incorporated into the state owned ship building group SwedYards. With the much needed shipbuilding capacity reduction, Öresundsvarvet was considered redundant and closed down in 1982.  The new building activities and the plant were taken over by Bruces Shipyard.  In 2001 the name was changed to LandskronaVarvet.  Since the re-opening of the shipyard in 1982, over 40 hulls have been delivered as well as bridges, pressure tanks, ramps and much more.  In 2001 LandskronaVarvet delivered its largest hull thus far, The World.  The World is a cruise ship with a steel weight of over 9,000 tonnes.

Currently, we have about 220 employees, of which about 60 are directly emplyed at LandskronaVarvet.  With a proud history, our intention is to keep Sweden among the shipbuilding nations.