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New Sweden

Swedish colony in North America between 1638–1655
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New Sweden was an administrative area in the Swedish Empire. It was located in North America. It was established on January 1, 1638.

Its capital was Fort Christina. The currency was the Swedish riksdaler. The official language was Swedish.

New Sweden

Summary

New Sweden is a colony[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of colony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,083 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • New Sweden is in the country of Swedish Empire[3].
  • New Sweden's continent is recorded as North America[4].
  • New Sweden's instance of is recorded as colony[5].
  • New Sweden's capital is recorded as Fort Christina[6].
  • New Sweden's official language is recorded as Swedish[7].
  • New Sweden's currency is recorded as Swedish riksdaler[8].
  • New Sweden's flag image is recorded as Flag of Sweden (1562–1650).svg[9].
  • New Sweden's basic form of government is recorded as colonialism[10].
  • Sweden is named after New Sweden[11].
  • New Sweden's locator map image is recorded as Kartskiss över Nya Sverige.png[12].
  • New Sweden's Commons category is recorded as New Sweden[13].
  • New Sweden's archives at is recorded as National Archives of Sweden[14].
  • +1638-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of New Sweden[15].
  • New Sweden was dissolved in +1655-01-01T00:00:00Z[16].
  • New Sweden's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.73712222, 'lon': -75.53846111}[17].
  • New Sweden's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09881[18].
  • New Sweden's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Sweden[19].
  • New Sweden's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • New Sweden's replaced by is recorded as New Amstel[21].
  • New Sweden's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/New-Sweden[22].
  • New Sweden's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Nya Sverige'}[23].
  • New Sweden's different from is recorded as Nowa Szwecja[24].
  • New Sweden's YSO ID is recorded as 149149[25].
  • New Sweden's NE.se ID is recorded as nya-sverige[26].
  • New Sweden's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Nya_Sverige[27].

Body

Geography

New Sweden is in the country of Swedish Empire[3]. Its continent is recorded as North America[4].

Designation and Status

New Sweden's instance of is recorded as colony[5].

History and Context

+1638-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of New Sweden[15]. Sweden is named after it[11].

Why It Matters

New Sweden ranks in the top 8% of colony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,083 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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