Inger Klein Thorhauge

Inger Klein Thorhauge is a Faroese cruise ship captain for Cunard Lines. When she was named Captain of MS Queen Victoria in 2010, she became the first female captain of a large cruise ship in history. She has since become captain of MS Queen Elizabeth, and in 2022 was named as the first captain of MS Queen Anne.

Maritime career Inger Klein Thorhauge's father worked in the Faroe Island's fishing fleet as an engineer. Her first sea going position was at the age of 16 when she worked as a stewardess on cargo ships during her school holidays. Thorhauge soon sought to pursue working on ships as a career, but not in the role she had already experienced.

After obtaining her Master's Licence in 1994, In 2010, she was named as the Captain of Cunard Lines' MS Queen Victoria. This was the first time a woman had been made captain of a Cunard Lines vessel. Since 2022, Thorhauge has been working on the build of MS Queen Anne as the new ship's first Captain. When not at sea, Thorhauge lives in Svendborg in Southern Denmark.