MV Enköping

	Enköping passing Blockhusudden in 2017
History
Name	Enköping (1868-1885); Various - see text (1885-1990); Enköping (1990-);
Owner	Various - see text (1868-1990); Strömma Kanalbolaget (1990-);
Builder	Oskarshamn Shipyard, Sweden
Launched	1868
Identification	IMO number: 5334755
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ferry
Length	30.33 m (99 ft 6 in)
Beam	5.45 m (17 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)

The Enköping is a Swedish motor vessel, and former steam ship, that was built in 1868 at Oskarshamn. Over the years, she has operated under the names Östhammar, Skokloster, Arholma, Väddö, Glafsfjorden, Södra Skärgården and Soten. In 1948 she was converted to diesel power. In 1990 Strömma Kanalbolaget bought her, and she is now used for tourist services on Lake Malaren and in the Stockholm archipelago. According to her owners, she is the oldest passenger ship still in service in the Lloyd's Register of Shipping, and she is a listed historic ship of Sweden.

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