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  2. Sweden possessed overseas colonies from 1638 to 1663, in 1733 and from 1784 to 1878. Sweden possessed five colonies, four of which were short lived. The colonies spanned three continents: Africa, Asia and North America.

  3. Swedish colonial empire. In addition to extensive territory around and beyond the Baltic, Sweden possessed overseas colonies from 1638 to 1663, and from 1784 to 1878, mainly in North America and Africa, selling or losing its territory to the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain. Chartered trading companies played an important role in ...

  4. The Swedish Empire ( Swedish: stormaktstiden, "the Era of Great Power") [1] was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.

  5. 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.

  6. Dec 24, 2023 · While Sweden is imagined to be untainted by colonialism, it nonetheless played a small, but significant, part in the history of European imperialism. Dec 24, 2023 • By Scott Mclaughlan, PhD Sociology. Colonialism is seldom associated with Sweden.

  7. On this website, the Swedish Caribbean Colonialism project has reconstituted geographically dispersed archives, making it possible for the first time to create an overall picture of Swedish colonial history in the Caribbean.

  8. Jan 1, 2013 · This chapter investigates how Swedish colonial expansion has been dealt with in historical scholarship, but also discusses what historical and contemporary debates reveal about Swedens relationship to European modernity.

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