History
| Building contract | ||
| 16/10/1992 | Keel laid | |
| 13/8/1993 | Launch | |
| 3/1994 | Delivered to Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap ASA | |
| 1994 | Hurtigruten service coastal route Bergen - Kirknes | |
| 1/3/2006 | New owner Hurtigruten ASA | |
| 15/9/2011 | 9.30 AM Explosion and fire on engineroom. Passengers evacuated in lifeboats. Nordlys docked | |
| in Ålesund around at 10.00 Thursday morning. 2 killed and 16 injured , two of them critically injured. | ||
| All dead and injured are crew members. There was a 227 passengers and 55 crew onboard. | ||
| 15-16/9/2011 | Ship take waters to engineroom and list to almost 22 degrees. Later 16th Sep. ship was stabilized. | |
| 21/9/2011 | Towed and drydocked on Fiskerstrand shipyard. | |
| Repairing take many months. Estimated returning to sailing is early 2012. | ||