New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a colony of the Swedish Empire between 1638 and 1655 along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

The colony eventually consisted of farms and small settlements along both banks of the Delaware River into modern Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. New Sweden rose to its greatest heights during the governorship of Johan Printz (1643-1653).

Feb 18, 2011 · In the days before New Jersey, when the British were still busy colonizing New England and Virginia, and the Dutch controlled New Netherland, which stretched from Toms River to the Vermont-Canada border, another group of European settlers were staking a claim to a New World Colony – the Swedes.

The relative location of the New Netherland and New Sweden colonies in modern-day New Jersey. Dutch settlement in the seventeenth century concentrated along the banks of the North River and the Upper New York Bay, though they maintained factories along the Delaware River as …

Jul 25, 2017 · For nearly 20 years in the 17th century, Sweden had a little-known colony that spanned parts of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

May 24, 2024 · The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey. Bergen, founded in 1660, was New Jersey’s first permanent European settlement. The Dutch settled in New Jersey in the early 17th century, followed by the Swedes and Finns.

Apr 15, 2024 · New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a Swedish colony on the Delaware River on the Atlantic coast of North America from 1638 to 1655. It was centered at Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, and included parts of the present-day states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

The Swedish Farmstead was originally built in 1988 as a living history museum in Bridgeton, New Jersey, in order to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of New Sweden and to show how a Swedish settler family lived.

IN EARLY NEW JERSEY In 1988 the people of the United States, Sweden, and Finland celebrated the 350th anniversary of the founding of the New Sweden colony on the banks of the Delaware River. The Swedish colony included parts of the present states of Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. New Sweden did not last very long as an independent ...

Jun 25, 2024 · Overall, Sweden did have ownership of parts of New Jersey during the 17th century through its colony of New Sweden. The Swedish colonists arrived in New Sweden in 1638 and established settlements along the Delaware River.