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New Sweden

Swedish colony in North America between 1638–1655

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Instance of

colony

Named after

Sweden

Location

Swedish Empire

Capital

Fort Christina

Basic form of government

colonialism

Official language

Swedish

Currency

Swedish riksdaler

Inception

1638

Dissolved, abolished or demolished date

1655 (Dutch conquest of New Sweden)

Replaced by

New Amstel

Different from

Nowa Szwecja

Map

39° 44′ 13.64″ N, 75° 32′ 18.46″ W

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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 22 subcategories, out of 22 total.

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Description of the Province of New Sweden, now called Pennsylvania (1834) by CAMPANIUS HOLM (9 F)

C

Christ Church, Bridgeport, Pennsylvania (5 F)

D

Delaware river club in Vasa Museum (6 F)

E

Elk Landing (3 F)

F

G

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church (2 C, 95 F)
Graeme Park (1 C, 95 F)

K

Kalmar Nyckel (ship, 1625) (1 C, 8 F)

L

Lower Swedish Cabin (14 F)

M

Maps of New Sweden (31 F)
Monuments and memorials to New Sweden (3 C, 17 F)

O

Old Swedes, Wilmington (1 C, 48 F)

P

People of New Sweden (4 C, 1 F)

R

Rose Valley, Pennsylvania Beaver sculpture (5 F)

S

Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 (28 F)
Swedish colonial architecture in the United States (4 C)
Swedish Colonial Society (12 F)

T

The Swedish settlements on the Delaware (1911) (20 F)
Trinity Church (Swedesboro, New Jersey) (39 F)

V

Vanleer Cedar Log Cabin (Swedesboro, New Jersey) (11 F)

Media in category "New Sweden"

The following 35 files are in this category, out of 35 total.

2Minaquos Path-Marker (cropped).jpg 1,275 × 1,245; 671 KB
2Minaquos Path-Marker.jpg 1,836 × 3,264; 2.67 MB
Alburtis del Orient Browere - Capture of Fort Casimir from the Dutch - 2006.71 - Detroit Institute of Arts.jpg 2,000 × 1,680; 845 KB
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Bub gb IGk3AQAAMAAJ 0069.jpg 2,500 × 3,753; 1.02 MB
BURLINGTON'S LOST BURIAL GROUND, BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ.jpg 2,784 × 1,848; 513 KB
Eric Björck signature small.png 247 × 86; 11 KB
Eric Björck signature.png 531 × 476; 12 KB
Evacuation of Fort Christina in 1655.jpg 760 × 734; 125 KB
Fort Trinity New Sweden.jpg 640 × 514; 45 KB
Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson - a bi-centennial memorial of the first regular ordination of an Orthodox pastor in (14593381748).jpg 2,044 × 3,044; 682 KB
Kalmar Nyckel stern.JPG 3,392 × 2,261; 2.3 MB
Kolonier i Amerika.jpg 6,297 × 2,366; 1.68 MB
Leni Lenape Indians print 1702 HSP.jpg 479 × 465; 103 KB
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
Nya Sverige (cropped).jpg 4,322 × 6,955; 1.08 MB
Nya Sverige 2.jpg 8,575 × 2,377; 2.65 MB
Nya Sverige detaljkarta.jpg 1,625 × 3,645; 711 KB
Nya Sverige.jpg 4,550 × 7,540; 1.35 MB
Oljemålning CALMARE NYCKEL lämnar Göteborg (Jacob Hägg) - Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet - SMG1610.tif 3,580 × 1,967; 11.56 MB
Pennsylvania First colonization map.jpg 3,136 × 2,287; 3.31 MB
Pennsylvania Models, Transportation) Kalmar Nyckel 1638.1938, Pennsylvania; 1638-1938, Swedish Forefathers length 125 ft., beam 26 ft. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Museum Extension Project, WPA, Dist 5.jpg 805 × 554; 62 KB
Schorn Log Cabin.JPG 3,684 × 2,763; 4.88 MB
Swedens largest colonies ca 1650.png 2,753 × 1,400; 199 KB
Swedes' Landing, Wilmington, Del–postcard–early 20th century.jpg 6,469 × 4,053; 7.93 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 (14595344798).jpg 1,418 × 2,096; 756 KB
Tomahawk pickaxe, possibly from New Sweden, owned by Swedish Kings Charles X and XI, wampum inlay, with iron blade likely from later date - Etnografiska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC01215.JPG 5,329 × 2,539; 7.51 MB
Ursprungsinvånare (cropped).jpg 1,482 × 1,944; 470 KB
Ursprungsinvånare.jpg 1,963 × 2,623; 675 KB
Vasa, Minnesota.jpeg 640 × 410; 52 KB
“The Swedes and the Indians in New Sweden.” (2919840891).jpg 890 × 900; 589 KB

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