It operated on Color Lines service between Sandefjord and Strömstad from 16th June 2000 until 20th November 2022.

In 1998 she was chartered to Silja Line under the marketing name MS Wasa Jubilee.

[1] Both ships were named after characters from the works of Ludvig Holberg, a Norwegian-born writer considered to be the father of modern Danish literature.

The Peder Paars was delivered to DSB Færger on 1985-10-18, but it was not until a month later that she entered service on the Århus—Kalundborg route.

She and her sister remained in service for five years, until in October 1990 both ships were sold to Stena Line, to be delivered in May 1991.

In April of the same year she was chartered to Silja Line, Finland for the duration of the 1998 northern hemisphere summer season.

The ship was re-registered at Nassau, Bahamas, rebuilt at Drammen, Norway and renamed Color Viking.