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Governor Printz Park is located just south of I-95 at the Route 420 in Essington, PA. The New Sweden Marker at 2nd Street & Taylor Avenue in Essington, Pennsylvania acknowledges the role of Johan Printz. The Printzhof in Essington, Pennsylvania is listed on National Historic Landmark Register Number: 66000661.
The relative locations of New Netherland (in magenta) and New Sweden (in blue) in North America with modern state boundaries and postal abbreviations shown. By the middle of the 17th century, Sweden had reached its greatest territorial extent and was one of the great powers of Europe; it was the stormaktstiden ("age of greatness" or "great power period"). [3]
He wrote the first treatise on trade and economics ever compiled in Sweden in the autumn of 1653. Receiving knighthood, he set out from Sweden early in 1654, to take up his duties in New Sweden. [2] Risingh was appointed assistant councilor of New Sweden under Governor Johan Printz. [1]
The farmstead from the former New Sweden Farmstead Museum in Bridgeton, New Jersey, was moved to the site of The Printzhof in Governor Printz Park and reconstructed from 2019 to 2020, and officially dedicated on June 12, 2022. [6] [7]
Pages in category "Governors of New Sweden" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H.
Swedish colonial Governor Johan Björnsson Printz administered the colony of New Sweden from 1643 to 1653. He was succeeded by Johan Classon Risingh, the last governor of New Sweden. [5] The Dutch had never accepted the Swedish colony as legitimate, and the Dutch West India Company competed with the officials and backers of New Sweden.
Relations between the New Sweden colony and the Dutch at New Amsterdam deteriorated, as both were competing to trade for furs with local Native American tribes. In August 1655, Governor Johan Risingh, suspecting that the Dutch were planning a military action, sent Hans Mansson and Jacob Sprint to Staten Island to spy on the Dutch.
Governors-general could also be appointed over parts of Sweden proper, today's Sweden and Finland, and usually consisting of several counties in that part of the country, when circumstances so required. When this happened the royal governor of each county would report to the governor-general instead of directly to the monarch or the Privy ...