| 1st April 1981 |
Entered Service in Silja Line colours between Helsinki and Stockholm |
| 1981 |
During a scheduled voyage between Helsinki and Stockholm the ship encountered heavy southwesterely seas south of Hanko. The next morning in Stockholm the bow visor would not open, and severe damage was found including dented structure on the port side and two broken locking bars on the centre line. The visor had lifted a few centimetres and moved to starboard |
| 10th January 1982 |
Bow rebuilt. The extensive bow flare was modified at the same time |
| April 1985 |
An auditorium for 270 passengers and eight conference rooms were added to Deck 10 |
| 11th May 1990 |
Sold whilst at Cityvaret, Gothenburg being overhauled to DFDS A/S |
| 14th May 1990 |
Renamed mv Queen of Scandinavia |
| 28th May 1990 |
Arrived Helsingborg to test ramps and landing procedure |
| 1st June 1990 |
Entered service between Copenhagen and Oslo via Helsingborg, releiving the mv Dana Regina |
| 13th April 1997 |
Stage One. Refurbished at Aalborg and then during service (four weeks) |
| 4th January 1998 |
Stage Two. Refurbished at Fredericia. Total price for the two stages 40mDKK |
| 3rd January 2000 |
Third and final stage lasting until 18th February 2000. Equipped with 1.5m wide sponson tanks to meet the latest SOLAS regulations on stability and safety. At the stern a duck tail was fitted in order to prevent changing the manoeuving parameters. The conversion of the fore ship and bulb aimed to improve the ships sea keeping characteristics in waves and reduce propulsion resistance. The project involved cropping the large forwad part of the vessel and providing it with a new shell, bow and bulwark structure. The work entailed considerable alterations to most of the installations and compartments in the adjacent areas, including the modified anchor, anchor winches and chain lockers, ventilation duct and piping in the bow thruster compartment, heating units on deck 3, mooring equipment with accesses and escaptes with ladders and hatches on deck 4. In total 850t of steel was added |
| 19th February 2000 |
Re-entered service between Copenhagen and Oslo via Helsingborg |
| 26th June 2001 |
Final arrival in Copenhagen. Relieved by the mv Pearl of Scandinavia. Departed same day for Amsterdam (Ijmuiden) |
| 28th June 2001 |
Entered service between Newcastle and Ijmuiden |
| 29th May 2007 |
Swapped routes with the mv Princess of Norway. Entered service on the Newcastle to Bergen route |
