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The Swedish Colonial Society is America's oldest organization dedicated to the study and preservation of New Sweden history. In addition to collecting and publishing research on Swedes and Finns in America, the Society maintains parks, monuments, and memorials of historic sites.
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.
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.
The Finns in American Colonial History; The American Swedish Historical Museum; A Brief History of New Sweden in America Archived December 11, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, at The Swedish Colonial Society; The New Sweden Centre – museum, tours and reenactors; New Sweden at the FamilySearch Research Wiki; Johnson's detailed map of New Sweden
The homestead received grants from Cumberland County and Swedish Council of America, among others. [23] In 2012 the foundation received $10,000 donation from owners of Bridgeton-based Whibco. [30] The Swedish Colonial Society was also enlisted to help with restoration efforts. [31] Eventually plans were made to permanently close and move the ...
The Swedish diaspora consists of emigrants and their descendants, especially those that maintain some of the customs of their Swedish culture. [1] Notable Swedish communities exist in the United States , Argentina , [ 2 ] Australia , Canada , New Zealand , Brazil , and the United Kingdom as well as others.
Johan Classon Rising: The Last Governor of New Sweden (Philadelphia: The Swedish Colonial Society, 1915) Johnson, Amandus. The Swedish Settlements on the Delaware 1638-1664, Volume II (Philadelphia: The Swedish Colonial Society, 1927) Ward, Christopher. Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware, 1609 - 1664 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1930)
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 ...