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The Swedish colonial empire existed from 1638 to 1663 and from 1785 to 1878. The term empire is not official terminology and somewhat controversial given that Sweden's colonial possessions were limited to a few relatively small areas that were never held simultaneously. Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ...
Year 1663 (MDCLXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The former Swedish colonies in Africa were:
The former Swedish colonies in America: The Swedish Gold Coast was a Swedish colony consisting of settlements of part of the West African Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea). ...
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There have been several places called Apollonia: An ancient Greek city in Illyria near to the sea and the river Vjosa, 12 km from Fier, Albania. ...
A contemporary drawing of the Danish colonial fort, Fort Christiansborg, now Osu Castle. ...
Sekondi-Takoradi, population 335,000 (2005), is the capital of the Western Region of Ghana. ...
Cape Coast Castle Cape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana. ...
Anthem For Sweden - The Land of The Incredible Biffs Capital (and largest city) Gustavia Official languages Swedish Government - Prime Minister of Sweden Nick XII Bonaparte - Prefect Per af Biffsläkt - President of the Territorial Council none yet; however Henning is the mayor of Saint-Barthelemy Overseas Collectivity of Sweden - Swedish...
New Sweden, or Nya Sverige, was a small Swedish settlement along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America. ...
In the Americas
New Sweden -
 Map of New Sweden ca. 1650 By the middle of the 17th century, the Swedish Empire had reached its greatest territorial extent. The Swedes sought to extend their influence by creating an agricultural (tobacco) and fur trading colony to bypass French, British and Dutch merchants. The charter included Swedish, Dutch and German stockholders. Once they landed they established, Fort Christina (now Wilmington, Delaware), named after Queen Christina of Sweden. Many of the settlers were Finnish; since until 1809 Finland was governed as the eastern third of the kingdom of Sweden. New Sweden, or Nya Sverige, was a small Swedish settlement along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America. ...
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Image File history File links Size of this preview: 418 × 599 pixels Full resolution (771 × 1105 pixel, file size: 61 KB, MIME type: image/png) Other versions Originally from sv. ...
Sweden between the years 1611 and 1718 is known as the Swedish Empire. ...
Shredded tobacco leaf for pipe smoking Tobacco can also be pressed into plugs and sliced into flakes Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in genus Nicotiana. ...
A dogs fur usually consists of longer, stiffer, guard hairs—which can be straight, wiry, or wavy, and of various lengths, hiding a soft, short-haired undercoat. ...
Fort Christina was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony. ...
: Chemical Capital of the World , Corporate Capital of the World , Credit Card Capital of the World : A Place to Be Somebody United States Delaware New Castle 17. ...
Christina (Kristina) (December 8, 1626 – April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Count Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. ...
Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
The settlement was actually an invasion of New Netherland since it was Dutch territory. The first governor, Peter Minuit, died after returning from Stockholm by a hurricane while on the island of St. Christopher in the Caribbean. The colony would establish Fort Nya Elfsborg north of present-day Salem, New Jersey in 1643. Map based on Adriaen Blocks 1614 expedition to New Netherland, featuring the first use of the name. ...
Peter Minuit Peter Minuit (1589–August 5, 1638) was a Walloon from Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, then part of the Duchy of Cleves. ...
Nickname: Location of Stockholm in northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Sweden Municipality Stockholm Municipality County Stockholm Province Södermanland and Uppland Charter 13th century Government - Mayor Kristina Axén Olin (m) Population (March 2007) - City 786,509 - Density 4,160/km² (10,774. ...
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This article is about the Christian saint known as Christopher. ...
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Fort Nya Elfsborg was a Swedish settlement in North America and part of the New Sweden colony. ...
The City of Salem highlighted in Salem County. ...
// Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ...
In May 1654 the Dutch fort Casimir was conquered by New Sweden. As a reprisal, the Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant sent an army to the Delaware River, which obtained the surrender of the Swedish forts. Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ...
Fort Casimir was a Dutch settlement in New Netherland, located in what is now New Castle County, Delaware. ...
Peter Stuyvesant circa 1660 Peter Stuyvesant (circa 1600 – August 1672) served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. ...
For the Delaware River in Kansas, see Delaware River (Kansas) The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. ...
Antillian possessions As a result of Sweden's support of France's enemies during the Napoleonic Wars, the island of Guadeloupe was ceded to king Charles XIV John personally, not to his Swedish state. Combatants Austria[1] Portugal Prussia[1] Russia[2] Spain[3] Sweden United Kingdom[4] French Empire Holland Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Naples Duchy of Warsaw Bavaria[5] Saxony[6] Denmark [7] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack von Leiberich Gebhard von Blücher Duke of Brunswick Prince of...
Charles XIV John (Swedish: Carl XIV Johan), born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (January 26, 1763 – March 8, 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Carl III Johan) from 1818 until his death. ...
However a year later the island was given to France by the Treaty of Paris. Sweden then forced a settlement with Great Britain because it had been guaranteed the island which was strategically close to its other Caribbean colony. This led to the Guadeloupe Fund which guaranteed Sweden 24 million francs. Because of how the money was used, Sweden was then given an additional 300,000 Riksdaler under the Riksdag of 1815 every year. The last installment was paid in 1983. The 1814 Treaty of Paris, signed on May 30, 1814, ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition of the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria, Sweden and Prussia. ...
Charles XIV John of Sweden The Guadeloupe Fund (Swedish: Guadeloupefonden) was established by Swedens Riksdag of the Estates in 1815 for the benefit of Crown Prince and Regent Charles XIV John of Sweden, also known as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, and his heirs. ...
The Riksdaler was the name of the currency used in Sweden until 1873 when it was replaced with the krona as an effect of the Scandinavian Monetary Union. ...
Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...
In Africa : Swedish Gold Coast -
Sweden temporarily controlled several settlements on the Gold Coast (present Ghana) since 22 April 1650, but lost the last when on 20 April 1663 Fort Carlsborg and the capital Fort Chistiansborg were seized by Denmark. The Swedish Gold Coast was a Swedish colony consisting of settlements of part of the West African Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea). ...
Flag of Gold Coast Map from 1896 of the British Gold Coast Colony. ...
Cape Coast In 1652, the Swedes took Cape Coast (in modern Ghana) which had previously been under the control of the Dutch and before that the Portuguese. Cape Coast was centered around the Carolusburg Castle which was built in 1653 and named after king Charles X Gustav of Sweden but is now known as the Cape Coast Castle. // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ...
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Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ...
Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustav) (November 8, 1622 – February 13, 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. ...
Cape Coast Castle is a fortification in Ghana. ...
The Swedish Atlantic slave trade During this time the small Swedish slave trade began. However, after the fall of New Sweden to the Dutch, the slave trade ended. It would later be rejuvenated under Gustav III who would found a Swedish colony on Saint-Barthélemy in 1785 and make the island a center for slave trading. The Swedish West India Company was established on the island in 1786. Throughout the history of Sweden, there have been instances of slave trade. ...
Gustav III (13 January 1746 (O.S.) (24 January 1746 (N.S.))–March 29, 1792) was the King of Sweden from February 12, 1771 until his death. ...
Anthem For Sweden - The Land of The Incredible Biffs Capital (and largest city) Gustavia Official languages Swedish Government - Prime Minister of Sweden Nick XII Bonaparte - Prefect Per af Biffsläkt - President of the Territorial Council none yet; however Henning is the mayor of Saint-Barthelemy Overseas Collectivity of Sweden - Swedish...
1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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See also
 Swedish colonial empire American colonies: in North America : New Sweden | Antillian: Saint Barthelemy and Guadeloupe
West African possessions: Swedish Gold Coast Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...
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The Swedish colonization of the Americas consisted of a 17th century settlement on the Delaware River in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, and possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th century. ...
Sweden between the years 1611 and 1718 is known as the Swedish Empire. ...
The East Indiaman Götheborg in Oslo, for the centenary of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden on 10 June 2005 The Swedish East India Company (Swedish: Svenska Ostindiska Companiet or SOIC) was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1731 for the purpose of conducting trade with the...
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New Sweden, or Nya Sverige, was a small Swedish settlement along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America. ...
Saint-Barthélemy is a French island located in the Caribbean at 17°54N 62°50W . ...
The Swedish Gold Coast was a Swedish colony consisting of settlements of part of the West African Gold Coast (in present-day Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea). ...
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