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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.
The Swedish colonization of Ostrobothnia is assumed to have begun in the late 13th century during the Second Swedish Crusade, the same time as the colonization of Uusimaa. Swedish colonization of Ostrobothnia was actively promoted by the Swedish Government, as land was given to the settling Swedes and they were promoted to open fishing harbors ...
New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a colony of the Swedish Empire between 1638 and 1655 along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great power, New Sweden formed part of the Swedish efforts to colonize the Americas.
Within a century, the Swedish established New Sweden; the Dutch established New Netherland; and Denmark–Norway along with the Swedish and Dutch established colonization of parts of the Caribbean. By the 1700s, Denmark–Norway revived its former colonies in Greenland, and Russia began to explore and claim the Pacific Coast from Alaska to ...
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps.From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [1]
Swedish Empire (1638–1663, 1733, 1784–1878) Swedish colonies in the Americas. New Sweden (1638–1655) Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy (1784–1878) Guadeloupe (1813–1814) Swedish Gold Coast (1650–1658, 1660–1663) Swedish Africa Company; Swedish East India Company; Parangipettai (1733) Swedish Factory, Canton Factories (1757 ...
Like many European powers, Sweden participated in the colonization of North America that started in the 17th century. The first Swedish colony along the banks of the Delaware River was established in 1638 (see New Sweden).