USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now the United States from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years’ War when Sweden was a great military power. New Sweden formed part of the Swedish efforts to colonize the Americas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Swedes landed in 1638, becoming Delaware’s first permanent European settlers. The Finns among them brought the vital skill of log building, which produced cabins later considered a quintessentially American style.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sweden established colonies in the Americas in the mid-17th century, including the colony of New Sweden (1638–1655) on the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, as well as two possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Swedish Gold Coast (Swedish: Svenska Guldkusten) was a colony of the Swedish Africa Company founded in 1650 by Hendrik Carloff on the Gulf of Guinea in present-day Ghana in Africa.

Detailed explanation-5: -New Sweden, only Swedish colony in America, established by the New Sweden Company in March 1638 and captured by the Dutch in 1655. The first expedition, including both Swedes and Dutchmen, was commanded by Peter Minuit, who purchased land from the Indians and named the settlement Fort Christina (later Wilmington, Del.)