Category:New Sweden

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New Sweden

former Swedish possession in North America between 1638–1655

Instance of

Named after

Sweden

Capital

Fort Christina

Basic form of government

colonialism

Official language

Currency

Swedish riksdaler

Inception

1638

Dissolved, abolished or demolished

1655

Authority control

39° 44′ 13.64″ N, 75° 32′ 18.46″ W

New Sweden was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in North America from 1638 to 1655. The settlements were scattered on either shore of the Delaware Valley in the present-day American Mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. (Wikipedia, article: New Sweden)

Subcategories

This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.

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► Description of the Province of New Sweden, now called Pennsylvania (1834) by CAMPANIUS HOLM‎ (6 F)

C

► Christ Church, Bridgeport, Pennsylvania‎ (5 F)

F

► Fort Christina‎ (1 C, 5 F)

G

► Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church‎ (1 C, 65 F)
► Graeme Park‎ (95 F)

K

► Kalmar Nyckel (ship, 1625)‎ (1 C, 2 F)

M

► Maps of New Sweden‎ (12 F)

O

► Old Swedes, Wilmington‎ (46 F)

P

► Johan Björnsson Printz‎ (1 C, 7 F)

T

► Trinity Church (Swedesboro, New Jersey)‎ (36 F)

Media in category "New Sweden"

The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total.

BURLINGTON'S LOST BURIAL GROUND, BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ.jpg 2,784 × 1,848; 513 KB
Delaware river chart 1655.jpeg 3,329 × 1,408; 848 KB
Delaware swedish tercentenary half dollar commemorative obverse.jpg 261 × 259; 28 KB
Delaware-Colonization-1938.jpg 379 × 273; 50 KB
Finn-Americans-1988.jpg 672 × 299; 105 KB
Fort Orange Historical Marker.jpg 1,558 × 1,123; 1.57 MB
Kalmar Nyckel stern.JPG 3,392 × 2,261; 2.3 MB
Model of Fort Cristina.jpg 1,200 × 874; 983 KB
Nothnagle Log House.JPG 4,000 × 3,000; 4.39 MB
NouvSuede.jpg 1,146 × 1,151; 1.05 MB
Pennsylvania First colonization map.jpg 3,136 × 2,287; 3.31 MB
Schorn Log Cabin.JPG 3,684 × 2,763; 4.88 MB
The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664, with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the (14595268258).jpg 2,416 × 2,000; 487 KB
Vasa, Minnesota.jpeg 640 × 410; 52 KB
Wilmington founding stamp.JPG 682 × 688; 161 KB

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