Shanti Devi

Shanti Devi

Shanti Devi is a schooner (although recently rigged with a taller foremast) previously owned by famous Norwegian author Axel Jensen and his Indian wife Pratibha. They lived on board for many years until 1990. The ship was built in 1905 at Sjötorps shipyard by lake Vänern in Sweden, named "Zeus", but later registered in Gibraltar as "S/Y Shanti Devi" under the Jensen's ownership. It was sold when Axel Jensen got seriously ill and is now sailing privately under Norwegian flag.

Shanti Devi was originally built for cargo transport, and optimally dimensioned for passage through the Swedish canal system, Göta Canal, and for sailing the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

When in 1984 Shanti Devi sailed into the Oslofjord the crew consisted of, in addition to the owners, Captain Sven Kviman, Physician Gun Sandahl, Chief Officer Bengt Persson, Able Seaman Louise Sandahl, carpenter Josef Horvat, Steward's Assistant Poonam Rampal, and Chief Engineer/singer/songwriter Robert E. Haraldsen (by Axel Jensen called Merlin).

In 1985 and 1986 this ship was the main base for planning and administration of Oslo International Poetry Festival in Oslo, Norway.

The ship's name is a Hindi expression meaning "Goddess of Peace."

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*Sail-plan

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[http://www.axel-jensen.no/ Axel Jensen and "s/y Shanti Devi" Norwegian Homepage]


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