The normal way was to take a feeder ship from Sweden or Norway to Hull, which is on the east coast of England, and then a train across England to Liverpool. A feeder ship directly to Liverpool would have to make a long extra lourney either around Scotland, or around England through the English channel.. See http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/voyages.asp?articleid=28&zoneid=6 / Lennart Elg