Swedish Africa Company

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The Swedish Africa Company was a 17th-century Swedish chartered trading company that operated along the West African coast, primarily engaged in the trade of gold, ivory, and enslaved people.

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Swedish Africa Company canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Swedish trading company ⓘ
chartered trading company ⓘ
builtFort Fort Carlsborg ⓘ
Fort Christiansborg ⓘ
charteringAuthority Swedish Crown ⓘ
competedWith Danish Africa Company ⓘ
Dutch West India Company ⓘ
English trading companies ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
economicRole part of Sweden's mercantilist expansion ⓘ
engagedIn triangular trade ⓘ
exportedToSweden gold ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
tropical goods ⓘ
flagCountry Sweden ⓘ
hasColony Swedish Gold Coast ⓘ
hasTradingPost Butre ⓘ
Cape Coast ⓘ
Carlsborg ⓘ
Osu ⓘ
headquartersLocation Stockholm ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
importedFromSweden alcohol ⓘ
firearms ⓘ
iron ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
industry trade ⓘ
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
languageOfOperation Dutch ⓘ
German ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
mainActivity overseas trade ⓘ
monopolyOn Swedish trade with parts of West Africa ⓘ
operatedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
partOf Swedish colonial empire ⓘ
reasonForDecline competition from other European powers ⓘ
loss of forts on the Gold Coast ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
tradedCommodity African goods ⓘ
enslaved people ⓘ
gold ⓘ
ivory ⓘ
tradedRegion Gold Coast ⓘ
Guinea coast ⓘ
linked to: Guinea Coast

West Africa ⓘ
tradeRoute Sweden–West Africa–Caribbean–Europe ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Cape Coast Castle → builtBy → Swedish Africa Company ⓘ
Swedish Gold Coast → establishedBy → Swedish Africa Company ⓘ
Swedish Gold Coast → charteredCompany → Swedish Africa Company ⓘ