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The Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy existed for nearly a century. In 1784, one of French king Louis XVI's ministers ceded Saint Barthélemy to Sweden in exchange for trading rights in the Swedish port of Gothenburg. Swedish rule lasted until 1878 when the French repurchased the island. [2]
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.
Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg (12 January 1784 in Turku County, Finland – 10 November 1845 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish military officer and diplomat. Stackelberg was governor of the Swedish colony of St. Barthélemy in the West Indies 1812-1816, and chargé d'affaires of Sweden's diplomatic mission to the United States, 1819–1831.
The Swedish West India Company (Swedish: Svenska Västindiska Kompaniet) was a Swedish chartered company which was based in the West Indies. It was the main operator in the Swedish slave trade during its existence. Between 1786 and 1805, the company operated from the Swedish island of Saint-Barthélemy. The company was a private enterprise with ...
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]
Saint Barthélemy [18] [19] France Sweden: 320,000 French francs: 1878 21 km² 15,238 Francs/km² Philippines United States Spain: $20,000,000 USD 1898 300,000 km² 20 USD/km² Treaty of Paris: Caroline Islands [20] Germany Spain: 25,000,000 ESP: 1899 1,160 km² 21,551 ESP/km² German–Spanish Treaty: Palau [20] Mariana Islands [20] Cagayan ...
Gustavia harbor, Saint-Barthélemy, present day Seal of the governor of the Swedish colony, 1784–1877. In 1771, Gustav III became the King of Sweden. He wanted Sweden to re-establish itself as a European "Great Power".
The last legally owned slaves in the Swedish colony of St. Barthélemy were granted their freedom by the state on 9 October 1847. [19] 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 ...