1347 or earlier Stora Enso 1616 Danish East India Company[note 3] 1626–1680 Swedish South Company, also called New Sweden Company[note 4] 1649–1667 Swedish Africa Company[note 5] 1671 Danish West India Company 1721 Bergen Greenland Company 1731–1813 Swedish East India Company 1749 General Trade Company 1774 Royal Greenland Trading Department 1786–1805 Swedish West India Company[note 6][2] 1738 Swedish Levant Company[note 7][2]