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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.
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.
Cities, held outside the realm, where Swedish mints were established. Stade ; Osnabrück (Saxony) Erfurt ; Mainz (Electorate of the Palatinate) Würzburg ; Fürth (Bavaria) Nuremberg (Bavaria) Augsburg (Bavaria) Elbląg (Poland, 1626–1635 and 1655–1660) Toruń (Poland, 1655–1658)
The district was the commercial center of Rockford's substantial Swedish American community. Swedish settlement in Rockford began in 1852, and Swedes accounted for a third of the city's population by the 1890s; while the first Swedish American community formed around a railroad station on Kishwaukee Street, it shifted to Seventh Street in the ...
The Swedish Empire following the Treaty of Roskilde of 1658. Swedish possessions in 1658. The year in parentheses is the year the possession was given up or lost. The Dominions of Sweden or Svenska besittningar ("Swedish possessions") were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but never became fully integrated with Sweden.
Before millions of children could be inspired by the Discovery Center, the museum was just an idea and a dream. Rockford children's museum director reflects on 43 years of learning and fun Skip to ...
Kleindl, 101, and Hunter, 100, are World War II veterans who were special guests of about a dozen people who made the trip including organizers and history buffs Carl Nuccio of Rockford, Mark ...
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum: 411 Kent Street 1869 December 27, 1972 Burpee Museum of Natural History: 737 & 813 North Main Street John Erlander Home 404 South Third Street 1871 Times Theatre 222-230 North Main Street 1938 7th Street Train Depot [2] 701-703 7th Street 1911 Four Squires Building 203 West State Street West Middle School