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Swedish Colonial News - the official newsletter of SCS, published biannually and mailed to all members; it contains articles about historical events and buildings related to the New Sweden Colony, Forefather family profiles with descendants listed, and news of upcoming events.
Peter Gunnarsson Rambo (10 June 1611, Hisingen, Gothenburg, Sweden – 21 January 1698, Wicaco, Pennsylvania, United States) was a Swedish immigrant to New Sweden (now part of Philadelphia) known as a farmer and a justice of the Governor's Council after the British took control of the area.
Swedish overseas colonies. Sweden established colonies in the Americas in the mid-17th century, including the colony of New Sweden (1638–1655) on the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, as well as two possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Swedish overseas colonies (Swedish: Svenska utomeuropeiska kolonier) consisted of the overseas colonies controlled by Sweden. Sweden possessed overseas colonies from 1638 to 1663, in 1733 and from 1784 to 1878. Sweden possessed five colonies, four of which were short lived. The colonies spanned three continents: Africa, Asia and North America.
Hans Månsson (1612–1691) was a Swedish soldier and a convicted criminal who was sent to New Sweden along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now the United States in 1641. After serving six years on a tobacco plantation, he was freed and became a respected leader in Dutch New Netherland , serving as a spokesman for the ...
Olof Persson Stille (1610–1684) was a pioneer settler of New Sweden, a colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in North America claimed by Sweden from 1638 to 1655. [1] Stille served as the first chief justice of the Upland Court , the governing body of the New Sweden colony following Dutch West India Company annexation from ...
Swedish Empire including overseas territories. The Swedish Empire or the Age of Greatness (Swedish: stormaktstiden) [1] was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.
Chronology of Colonial Swedes on the Delaware, 1638-1713 (Dr. Peter S. Craig. Swedish Colonial News. Volume 2, Number 5, Fall 2001) Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine; Johan Printz, Governor of New Sweden (Pennsylvania People. Researched and written by Melissa Yates. Updated August 3, 2006) The Swedish come to America. (Order of the ...