New Sweden was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in the United States from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power.
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14 Facts About New Sweden
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New Sweden formed part of the Swedish efforts to colonize the Americas.
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New Sweden was conquered by the Dutch Republic in 1655 during the Second Northern War and incorporated into the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
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New Sweden sponsored 11 expeditions in 14 separate voyages to Delaware between 1638 and 1655; two did not survive.
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New Sweden had been the third Director of New Amsterdam, and he knew that the Dutch claimed the area south to the Delaware River and its bay.
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The official duties of the governor of New Sweden were carried out by Captain Mans Nilsson Kling, until a new governor was selected and arrived from Sweden two years later.
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In 1644, New Sweden supported the Susquehannocks in their war against Maryland colonists.
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In 1669, New Sweden was under British rule, but most of the population was still Swedish.
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New Sweden continued to exist unofficially, and some immigration and expansion continued.
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The colonists of New Sweden brought with them the log cabin, which became such an icon of the American frontier that it is commonly thought of as an American structure.
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The C A Nothnagle Log House on Swedesboro-Paulsboro Road in Gibbstown, New Jersey, is one of the oldest surviving log houses in the United States.
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The percentage of Finns in New Sweden grew especially towards the end of the period of colonization.
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