What is New Sweden?
{{Infobox former country |native_name=Nya Sverige |conventional_long_name=New Sweden |common_name=New Sweden |status=Colony |empire=Sweden |era=[[Colonial history of the United States|Colonial period]] |p1=New Netherland |flag_p1=Prinsenvlag.svg |p2=Susquehannock |s1=New Netherland |flag_s1=Prinsenvlag.svg |year_start=1638 |year_end=1655 |event_end=[[Second Northern War|Dutch conquest]] |date_post=1655 |event_post=[[Peach Tree War]] | |title_leader=[[List of Swedish monarchs|King/Queen of Sweden]] |leader1=[[Christina of Sweden|Christina]] |year_leader1=1632–1654 |leader2=[[Charles X Gustav of Sweden|Charles X Gustav]] |year_leader2=1654–1660 |title_deputy=[[Governor]] |deputy1=Peter Minuit |year_deputy1=1638 |deputy2=Måns Nilsson Kling |year_deputy2=1638–1640 |deputy3=Peter Hollander Ridder |year_deputy3=1640–1643 |deputy4=Johan Björnsson Printz |year_deputy4=1643–1653 |deputy5=Johan Papegoja |year_deputy5=1653–1654 |deputy6=Johan Risingh |year_deputy6=1654–1655 | |image_flag=Flag of Sweden (1562–1650).svg |flag_type=[[Flag of Sweden]] |flag_border=no |image_map=Kartskiss över Nya Sverige.png |image_map_caption=Map of New Sweden ca. 1650 <br>by [[Amandus Johnson]] |currency = [[Swedish riksdaler]] |common_languages=[[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]] |capital=[[Fort Christina]] |today = {{flag|United States}} }} '''New Sweden''' ({{lang-sv|Nya Sverige}}, {{lang-fi|Uusi-Ruotsi}}) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[colony]] in [[North America]] that existed from [[1638]] through [[1655]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_states_A-D.html#Delaware|title=Delaware|publisher=World Statesmen|language=English|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref> It was in what are now the [[U.S. state|US states]] of [[Delaware]], [[New Jersey]], and [[Pennsylvania]]. Its capital was [[Fort Christina]], now in [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]. New Sweden was captured by the [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] in 1655 and incorporated into [[New Netherland]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{common