SWEDEN NEW SWEDEN Settl.

New Sweden (Nya Sverige in Swedish) was a small Swedish settlement along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America. It was centered at Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, and included parts of the present-day American states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The settlement was founded March 29, 1638, and was incorporated into Dutch New Netherland on September 15, 1655. Along with Swedes and Finns, a number of the settlers were Dutch. There were also some Germans who first came to the colony as soldiers in the Swedish army.