Viking Line
Shareholder travel card
Viking Line runs Baltic ferries linking Finland, Åland, Sweden and Estonia. Its ships carry passengers and vehicles between ports including Helsinki, Turku, Stockholm and Tallinn.
What you get
The digital shareholder card covers regular route trips for the cardholder and one standard-sized personal car on Viking Line ships. Cabins and meals cost extra. The card is personal: the holder must travel, and it cannot be lent to someone else.
Which vehicles fit
The card covers a personal car up to 7 metres long and 2.40 metres high, or 2.05 metres high on Viking XPRS. It also covers a motorcycle, bicycle, electric bicycle, electric moped or Segway.
Check the type of trip
The card page promises “regular route trips”. It does not define whether day cruises, packages or Birka Gotland sailings qualify. Ask Viking Line to confirm your planned trip before booking.
What it takes
You need at least 1,000 Viking Line Abp shares.
Minimum holding period: The card page states no minimum period before application. Viking Line may check holdings during the year and deactivate the card without warning if the holding falls below 1,000 shares.
You need a Viking Line Club membership and an activated digital shareholder card before booking.
Exactly 1,000 shares held abroad
Viking Line states a general minimum of at least 1,000 shares, including holdings otherwise verified to the company. Its separate foreign-custody paragraph says the holding must exceed 1,000 shares. If you hold exactly 1,000 through a bank outside Finland, ask Viking Line to confirm eligibility before relying on the card.
Company shareholders
A company or organisation must nominate a person to receive the card and tell Viking Line by email. That person needs their own Viking Line Club membership.
Before buyingA perk is a minor benefit of owning a share, not a reason to buy one. Share prices fall as well as rise, and dealing costs, spreads and tax can exceed a perk’s value. Read about the risks.
Holding through a broker
Shares held in your own name qualify.
Nominee holders must provide proof of ownership.
Viking Line accepts a reliable bank statement proving a nominee holding, or direct registration in your own name with Euroclear Finland. Nominee holders do not receive the card automatically. This is the issuer’s proof route; ask your bank or broker separately whether it can supply the evidence.
Other conditions
- Physical card required
- No
How to claim
Send your details, bank certificate or reliable statement of the holding, and Viking Line Club membership number to the shareholder team. Keep your registered name and address correct through your account operator.
- 1. Join Viking Line ClubRegister in your country of residence. Viking Line recommends its Swedish club for international shareholders.
- 2. Have your card activatedEmail the shareholder team with the required details and evidence. Wait for the activation email; buying the shares alone does not make the card usable.
- 3. Book with your membership numberLog in to Viking Line Club and enter FRIKORT in the product-code field. Select the shareholder/free-card option, then book in your own name. Customer service, travel shops and terminals can also book the trip when you give your membership number and say your digital shareholder card is active.
Read Viking Line’s card and booking instructions
Viking Line shareholder team - Card activation, holding evidence and eligibility questions: inv.info@vikingline.com
Dates
The published terms do not say when you must own the shares.
- Claim deadline
- Book regular route travel at least 12 hours before departure.
- Benefit issued
- Viking Line activated qualifying holders’ 2026 cards in January. New shareholders can apply during the year; activation may take up to one week after the request is confirmed.
- Use the benefit by
Each card lasts one calendar year. These are the published 2026 card terms.
Practical notes
Other travellers need their own cards
For companions with their own activated shareholder cards, select the free-card option for each person and enter their membership numbers. Your card covers your passenger ticket, not everyone in the booking.
The card is digital
Your card appears in My Pages and the Viking Line app. You do not need a physical card at check-in.
Viking Holdings is a different company
This card belongs to Viking Line Abp, the Baltic ferry company listed in Helsinki as VIK1V. It does not establish a benefit for shares in Viking Holdings, the cruise company listed in New York as VIK.
Company story
When cars stopped needing a crane
Viking Line traces its ferry service to the S/S Viking in 1959. Before these ferries, cars had to be hoisted aboard; the Viking’s ramp let cars and trucks drive on. The company’s history describes how cheaper crossings opened Finnish–Swedish car holidays to more families.