New Sweden
New Sweden Nya Sverige | |||||||||||
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| 1638–1655 | |||||||||||
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 Map of New Sweden ca. 1650 by Amandus Johnson | |||||||||||
| Status | Swedish colony | ||||||||||
| Capital | Fort Christina | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Swedish, Finnish | ||||||||||
| King/Queen of Sweden | |||||||||||
• 1632–1654 | Christina | ||||||||||
• 1654–1660 | Charles X Gustav | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1638 | Peter Minuit | ||||||||||
• 1638–1640 | Måns Nilsson Kling | ||||||||||
• 1640–1643 | Peter Hollander Ridder | ||||||||||
• 1643–1653 | Johan Björnsson Printz | ||||||||||
• 1653–1654 | Johan Papegoja | ||||||||||
• 1654–1655 | Johan Risingh | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Colonial period | ||||||||||
• Established | 1638 | ||||||||||
| 1655 | |||||||||||
| 1655 | |||||||||||
| Currency | Swedish riksdaler | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  United States | ||||||||||
New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige, Finnish: Uusi-Ruotsi) was a Swedish colony in North America that existed from 1638 through 1655.[1] It was in what are now the US states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Its capital was Fort Christina, now in Wilmington.
New Sweden was captured by the Dutch in 1655 and incorporated into New Netherland.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Delaware". World Statesmen. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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Media related to New Sweden at Wikimedia Commons
