New Sweden facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
New Sweden
Nya Sverige
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| 1638–1655 | |||||||||||
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Map of New Sweden ca. 1650
by Amandus Johnson |
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| Status | Swedish colony | ||||||||||
| Capital | Fort Christina | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Swedish, Finnish | ||||||||||
| King/Queen of Sweden | |||||||||||
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• 1632–1654
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Christina | ||||||||||
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• 1654–1660
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Charles X Gustav | ||||||||||
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• 1638
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Peter Minuit | ||||||||||
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• 1638–1640
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Måns Nilsson Kling | ||||||||||
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• 1640–1643
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Peter Hollander Ridder | ||||||||||
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• 1643–1653
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Johan Björnsson Printz | ||||||||||
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• 1653–1654
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Johan Papegoja | ||||||||||
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• 1654–1655
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Johan Risingh | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Colonial period | ||||||||||
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• Established
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1638 | ||||||||||
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• Dutch conquest
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1655 | ||||||||||
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| Currency | Swedish riksdaler | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  United States |
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New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige, Finnish: Uusi-Ruotsi) was a Swedish colony in North America that existed from 1638 through 1655. It was in the modern day states of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Its capital was Fort Christina, modern-day Wilmington.
New Sweden was captured by the Dutch in 1655, and incorporated into New Netherland.
Images for kids
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The C. A. Nothnagle Log House in Gibbstown, New Jersey, built in 1638, the oldest house in New Jersey
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US Postage stamp commemorating the founding of Wilmington, Delaware (1938)
See also
In Spanish: Nueva Suecia para niños
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