Swedish newspapers have reported passengersas saying Swedish-sounding customers were put on different buses to ferryterminals than foreign-sounding clients.

Viking Line has denied the claims, while thecompany that operates transfers for Eckero Line is investigating. The driver inthe latter case said passengers were only separated according to whether theyhad booked in advance or not.

Viking Lines CEO Peter Hellgren said there was onlyone bus taking ferry passengers from Orebro, in central Sweden, to the terminalin Stockholm on one of the days mentioned in the claims.