New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a colony of the Swedish Empire along the lower reaches of the Delaware River between 1638 and 1655 in present-day ... Conquest of New Sweden · Fort Christina · Swedish colonies · Peter Minuit

The history of New Sweden began in 1637 with the founding of the New Sweden Company. The formation of the Company was the brainchild of Dutch, German, and ...

In 1637, Swedish, Dutch and German stockholders formed the New Sweden Company to trade for furs and tobacco in North America.

14 окт. 2024 г. · New Sweden, only Swedish colony in America, established by the New Sweden Company in March 1638 and captured by the Dutch in 1655.

Founded in 1638, the colony of New Sweden survived less than twenty years and at its peak numbered only about four hundred people.

Sweden established colonies in the Americas in the mid-17th century, including the colony of New Sweden (1638–1655) on the Delaware River.

Lasting from 1638 to 1655, New Sweden was relatively short-lived and small compared to the larger colonies established by Spain, France, and England.

On August 27, 1655, Dutch troops landed near Fort Christina and burned and pillaged farms up and down the western side of the river. Two weeks later, Swedish ...

Chronology of Colonial Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1713 · New Sweden Era, 1638-1655 · The Swedish Nation, 1656-1681 · The Quaker Invasion, 1682-1696 · Sweden's ...