New Logo and Identity for Vy by Snøhetta

Established in 1996 but with a history dating back to 1883, NSB Group (Norges Statsbaner in full form, “Norwegian State Railways” in English), a subsidiary of Norway’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, is a Nordic transport group that operates various subsidiaries of its own: The eponymous NSB for passenger trains in Norway, Tågkompaniet for passenger trains in Sweden, Nettbuss for passenger buses, GreenMobility for an electric car sharing service, and a couple of other non-public-facing services. On their two main networks of buses and trains more than 190 million trips were made in 2018. This month, NBS Group announced it would merge its services under a new name, Vy, and introduced a new identity designed by Oslo, Norway-based Snøhetta. Vy is a Scandinavian wor