| | Scandinavian Yerbook of Maritime Technology | The Scandinavian Shipping Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The Birger Jarl, which now is employed in cruise traffic between Stockholms Skeppsbron and Mariehamn on the Åland islands, was delivered in 1953 by Finnboda Varf, which was situated by the channel leading to the heart of Stockholm. |
 | | Birger Jarl was built as the third and youngest sister in a trio of classic passenger steamers called the Olympic vessels. |
 | | The Birger Jarl, the most beautiful of the three, has despite an extension of her aft superstructure, preserved her beauty and is popular especially among Swedish retired people on short cruises to Mariehamn. |
| www.sjofartstidningen.se /english/magazine/issues/2002/08/old_ship_0802.asp (735 words) |