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The Swedish South Company, also known as the Company of New-Sweden ( Swedish, ', '), was a
(läst 21 januari 2011)Svensk Tobakshistoria
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(läst 21 januari 2011)Franklin J. Jameson (1887). Willem Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies. Johns Hopkins University, New York. In 1649 it lost its monopoly on tobacco granted by the king of Sweden in 1641. In 1655 New Sweden was annexed by
Dutch and Swedish Settlements on the Delaware
Chartered companies New Sweden Fur trade Trading companies of Sweden Exploration of North America Defunct companies of Sweden 1626 establishments in Sweden 1680 disestablishments in Europe Trading companies established in the 17th century Trading companies disestablished in the 17th century {{Sweden-company-stub
The Swedish South Company, also known as the Company of New-Sweden ( Swedish, ', '), was a trading company Trading companies are businesses working with different kinds of products which are sold for consumer, business, or government purposes. Trading companies buy a specialized range of products, maintain a stock or a shop, and deliver products to cust ...
from Sweden founded in 1626, that supported the trade between Sweden and its colony New Sweden
New Sweden ( sv, 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 f ...
, in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and th ...
. The colony was envisioned by its founding father Willem Usselincx; it was to become the first Swedish transoceanic trading project.Nordisk Familjebok, Uggleupplagan, Usselinxartikel(läst 21 januari 2011)Svensk Tobakshistoria
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(läst 21 januari 2011)Franklin J. Jameson (1887). Willem Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies. Johns Hopkins University, New York. In 1649 it lost its monopoly on tobacco granted by the king of Sweden in 1641. In 1655 New Sweden was annexed by
New Netherland
New Netherland ( nl, Nieuw Nederland; la, Novum Belgium or ) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva ...
, this brought an end to the activities of the ''Swedish South Company'', it was dissolved in 1680.
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Dutch and Swedish Settlements on the Delaware
Chartered companies New Sweden Fur trade Trading companies of Sweden Exploration of North America Defunct companies of Sweden 1626 establishments in Sweden 1680 disestablishments in Europe Trading companies established in the 17th century Trading companies disestablished in the 17th century {{Sweden-company-stub