New Sweden

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New Sweden was a short-lived 17th-century Swedish colony in North America, centered along the Delaware River in parts of present-day Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
New Sweden canonical 22
New Sweden colony 5
New Sweden Company 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European colony in North America ⓘ
Swedish colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
capital Fort Christina ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
conqueredBy Dutch Republic ⓘ
New Netherland ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
endTime 1655 ⓘ
establishedBy Swedish South Company ⓘ
firstGovernor Peter Minuit ⓘ
foundingShip Fogel Grip ⓘ
Kalmar Nyckel ⓘ
governor Johan Printz ⓘ
Johan Risingh ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
introducedBuildingType log cabin ⓘ
locatedInContinent North America ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Delaware ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Delaware River ⓘ
majorSettlement Fort Christina ⓘ
Fort Nya Elfsborg ⓘ
Fort Nya Göteborg ⓘ
namedAfter Sweden ⓘ
notableIndigenousGroup Lenape ⓘ
Susquehannock ⓘ
notablePopulationGroup Dutch settlers ⓘ
Finns ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
partOf Swedish colonial empire ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Empire
primaryLanguage Swedish ⓘ
reasonForEnd Dutch military conquest ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
secondaryLanguage Dutch ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ
startTime 1638 ⓘ
successorColony New Netherland ⓘ
territorialExtentDescription both banks of the lower Delaware River ⓘ
todayPartOf Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania

State of Delaware ⓘ
State of New Jersey ⓘ
United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of Delaware → precededBy → New Sweden ⓘ
Delaware Colony → foundedBy → New Sweden Company ⓘ
linked to: New Sweden
Delaware Colony → precededBy → New Sweden ⓘ
Fort Christina → partOf → New Sweden ⓘ
Fort Christina → category → New Sweden ⓘ
Christina River → historicalAssociation → New Sweden colony ⓘ
linked to: New Sweden
Peter Minuit → colonyGoverned → New Sweden ⓘ
Peter Minuit → associatedWithPlace → New Sweden ⓘ
Fort Nya Elfsborg → locatedIn → New Sweden ⓘ
Swedish South Company → operatedIn → New Sweden ⓘ
Swedish South Company → organized → settlement of New Sweden ⓘ
linked to: New Sweden
Johan Printz → governed → New Sweden ⓘ
Kalmar Nyckel → voyageDestination → New Sweden ⓘ
Kalmar Nyckel → associatedWith → colony of New Sweden ⓘ
linked to: New Sweden
Fogel Grip → destination → New Sweden ⓘ
Fogel Grip → associatedWith → New Sweden colony ⓘ
linked to: New Sweden
Fort Nya Göteborg → locatedIn → New Sweden ⓘ
Fort Nya Göteborg → partOf → New Sweden colony ⓘ
linked to: New Sweden
Johan Risingh → colonyAdministered → New Sweden ⓘ
Johan Risingh → residence → New Sweden ⓘ
Johan Risingh → significantPlace → New Sweden colony ⓘ
linked to: New Sweden
Johan Risingh → governorOf → New Sweden ⓘ
Fort Christina Park → hasCommemoration → New Sweden colony ⓘ
linked to: New Sweden
Fort Casimir → opposedTo → New Sweden ⓘ
Fort Casimir → capturedBy → New Sweden ⓘ
Fort Casimir → opposedTo → New Sweden ⓘ
Fort Casimir → capturedBy → New Sweden ⓘ