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On 1 September, Swedish officials under the leadership of Salomon von Rajalin (1757–1825), the island's first Swedish governor, were appointed to administer the island. They sailed from Gothenburg on 4 December 1784 on the frigate Sprengtporten, arriving in Saint Barthélemy on 6 March 1785. In January 1785, the Swedish merchants Jacob Röhl ...
Gustavia, Swedish Saint Barthélemy Fredrik Carl Ulrich (June 19, 1808 – August 11, 1868) was a Swedish colonial administrator and civil servant who served as governor over Saint Barthélemy from 1858 to 1868, the only Swedish colony in the West Indies at the time.
Map of New Sweden c. 1650 Seal of the Swedish governor of Saint Barthélemy, 1784–1878. By the middle of the 17th century, the Swedish Empire had reached its greatest territorial extent. The Swedes sought to extend their influence by creating an agricultural ( tobacco ) and fur trading colony to bypass French, English and Dutch merchants.
The surrender of Saint Barthélemy occurred from 19 to 21 March 1801, where the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy surrendered to a British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars as a result of Sweden joining the Second League of Armed Neutrality against Britain.
James Haarlef Haasum (January 2, 1791 – June 18, 1871) was a Swedish colonial administrator, who served as governor over Saint Barthélemy from 1826 to 1858, the only Swedish colony in the West Indies at the time.
Johan Samuel Rosensvärd (July 31, 1782 – December 10, 1818) was a Swedish military officer and colonial administrator who served as governor of Saint Barthélemy from 1816 to 1818, the only Swedish colony in the West Indies at the time.
The Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy (1784–1878) was operated as a porto franco . The capital city of Gustavia retains its Swedish name. Guadeloupe (1813–1814) came into Swedish possession as a consequence of the Napoleonic Wars. It gave rise to the Guadeloupe Fund. [6]
The last legally owned slaves in the Swedish colony of St. Barthélemy were granted their freedom by the state on 9 October 1847. [20] Since the island was not a plantation area, the freed slaves suffered economic hardships due to lack of opportunities for employment and many left to more prosperous islands, and few people of African descent ...