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	New Sweden
		It was the voice of united Sweden calling for a share in the trade of the Indies, of China, of the Gold Coast, and of the far North, with the wide world, but half explored, from which to choose.
		In 1640 the northern boundary of New Sweden, as the colony was now generally called, was extended, by purchase from the Indians, to a point opposite Trenton, and thence, indefinitely, due west.
		New Haven renewed its interest, the Dutch were continually aggressive, and finally, in August, 1655, the crisis came.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/nj/state1/new_sweden.htm (3022 words)

	New Sweden - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		NEW SWEDEN [New Sweden] Swedish colony (1638-55), on the Delaware River; included parts of what are now Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
		Peter Stuyvesant, with a Dutch force larger than the population of New Sweden, took the little colony in 1655.
		Cross-National Marriage in Sweden: Immigration and Assimilation 1971-1993.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-news1wede.html (313 words)

	New Sweden
		New Sweden was established by the New Sweden Company in March 1638 as the first (and only) Swedish colony in the Americas.
		Johan Printz (1592-1663) was appointed the colony's director (or governor) in April 1642 and arrived at New Sweden in February 1643.
		The New Sweden settlers were permitted to retain their lands, possessions, and customs.
	www.henkimaa.nu /finndex/siirtolaisuus/newsweden.html (460 words)

	Brief History of New Sweden in America
		Sweden's control of portions of modern Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Germany made the Baltic Sea essentially a Swedish lake.
		New Sweden rose to its greatest heights during the governorship of Johan Printz (1643-1653).
		Most of the new settlers bypassed New Sweden and headed west to Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, California and Washington, which remain the states with the largest numbers of Swedish-Americans today.
	www.colonialswedes.org /History/History.html (691 words)

	New Sweden Farmstead Museum: Cumberland County, NJ
		The New Sweden Company, Inc.'s major project was the construction of an exact reproduction of a 17th century farmstead of the type built by the early Swedish Finnish colonists.
		While the New Sweden Project was originated in 1982 as an effort of the Scandinavian American Heritage Foundation, the Working Group, in December 1983, organized the New Sweden Company, Inc. to carry forward the project.
		This was conceived as a successor to the original New Sweden Company organized in 1637 by Peter Minuit and colleagues under the aegis of King Gustavus Adolphus to establish a colony in the New World.
	www.co.cumberland.nj.us /tourism/new_sweden_farmstead_museum/default.html (649 words)

	New Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		New Sweden or Nya Sverige was a Swedish colony in North America corresponding roughly to today's state of Delaware but also containing settlements elsewhere such New Stockholm (now Bridgeport) and Swedesboro in New Jersey as well as others in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
		Minuit was the governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
		In 1643 the company expanded along the river Fort Christiana established Fort Nya Elfsborg on north bank near present-day Salem New Jersey In May 1654 the Dutch Fort Casimir was conquered the New Sweden colony led by governor Johan Rising.
	www.freeglossary.com /New_Sweden (811 words)

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		In fact, Governor Stuyvesant permitted the colonists to continue as a "Swedish Nation" and be governed by a court of their choosing, be free to practice their religion, organize their own militia, retain their land holdings and continue trading with the native people.
		The Long Finn Rebellion in the New Sweden area in 1669 was one of the first against the British colonial empire.
		Returning to Sweden, Stiddem married and departed again for New Sweden on the Kattan in 1649 with his wife and two small children.
	www.lycos.com /info/new-sweden.html (330 words)

	Newsvine - sweden
		Sweden's conservative party heads into elections next week a shadow of what it once was: a group determined to overhaul the country's lavish welfare state.
		Sweden's AB Volvo, one of the world's largest truck makers, on Friday unveiled a new hybrid engine technology that it said will cut fuel consumption in heavy vehicles by up to 35 percent.
		Swedens electoral system is based on proportional representation so the percentage of votes won by each party across the country is intended to be reflected in the composition of the 349-seat Riksdag.
	www.newsvine.com /sweden (1717 words)

	Chronology of Colonial Swedes on the Delaware 1638-1713
		New settlements are established at Ammansland (Ridley Township) and Swanwick.
		Swedes are employed to negotiate new treaties with the Indians.
		Tolstadius accepts call to be pastor at a new Swedish church on Raccoon Creek, serving those who did not wish to cross the river to Wicaco or Christina.
	www.colonialswedes.org /History/Chronology.html (2439 words)

	Sweden announces new security doctrine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The new policy still contains the word "neutral" but refers to neutrality in armed conflicts as an option, changing a stance watered down a decade ago when neutrality was declared an aim rather than an unquestioned tenet.
		Sweden is a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace program and cooperates in some NATO-led peacekeeping operations.
		Sweden's neutrality kept it out of both World Wars, but its leaders and citizens began to question it after the 1991 demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2002/02/13/sweden.htm (515 words)

	Sweden, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Town of Sweden was established in 1814.
		The town is located on the west border of the county, and the Erie Canal passes through the northern part of the town, and New York State Route 19 is a major north-south highway.
		The town was created by a mandate in 1813 by the state legislature to break up the west part of the county into new towns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweden,_New_York (527 words)

	New Sweden Records, American Philosophical Society
		The response of the Dutch governor of New York Peter Stuyvesant was swift and decisive.
		The Records of the New Sweden Colony were selected and transcribed in 1820 from originals in Stockholm by the American minister to Sweden, Jonathan Russell.
		Kristina, Queen of Sweden, Octroi and privilege accorded to Sir Henri Hochhammer and Co. for the establishment of a new colony in the country of New Sweden
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/n/newsweden.htm (1035 words)

	New Sweden — Infoplease.com
		New Sweden, Swedish colony (1638–55), on the Delaware River; included parts of what are now Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
		New Netherland - New Netherland, territory included in a commercial grant by the government of Holland to the Dutch...
		Sweden sees restructuring allied with new investment: the Swedish pulp and paper industry is facing tough challenges on profitability,......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0835483.html (266 words)

	Maine Local Government - Town of New Sweden - Main Page
		New Sweden is a town in Aroostook County, incorporated on January 29, 1895 from New Sweden Plantation, itself organized in 1876 from township T15 R3 WELS.
		A conscious public policy, enacted into law in 1870, of encouraging Swedish immigration resulted in the very successful settlement of Swedes in New Sweden and nearby Stockholm beginning in 1870.
		Land was allocated to settlers by the State's Land Agent and reports of the Swedish Colony's progress were reported in 1870 by the Board of Immigration.
	www.maine.gov /local/aroostook/new_sweden (158 words)

	New Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		New Sweden, or Nya Sverige, was a small Swedish settlement along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America.
		The settlement was founded March 29, 1638, and was incorporated into the Dutch New Netherlands on September 15, 1655.
		By the middle of the 17th century, the Realm of Sweden had reached its greatest territorial extent and was one of the great powers of Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Sweden (1062 words)

	New Castle County History
		In 1640, New Sweden was founded a few miles south of Christina, and in 1644, Queen Christina appointed Lt. Col.
		In 1681, a 12-mile arc was drawn to specifically delineate the northern border of New Castle County as it currently exists.
		In 1685, the western border was finally established by King James II; this was set as a line from Old Cape Henlopen (presently Fenwick) west to the middle of the peninsula and north up to the middle of the peninsula to the 40th parallel of Latitude.
	www.co.new-castle.de.us /Council/Countyhistory.htm (617 words)

	American West - European Emigration
		New industrial centers were created around the railroads and the mouths of the rivers, and the old cities developed faster than ever before.
		The population figures for Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city, were at the turn of the century surpassed by Chicago's Swedish population, which was then close to 150,000 of first and second generation.
		The emigrants from Sweden spoke their own language and were influenced by traditions quite different from the ones prevailing in the "adopted land." From the 1870s many were living in densely populated settlements which Chicago and Minnesota had melted together into vast Swedish-dominated areas.
	www.americanwest.com /swedemigr/pages/emigra.htm (3110 words)

	New Sweden and the New World, Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Interestingly, the New Sweden Company selected a Dutchman, Peter Minuit (1580-1638)-immortalized for the purchase of Manhattan Island for New Netherlands in 1626-to oversee the new colony.
		Peter Stuyvesant (1610-1672), who replaced Kieft as Director-General of New Netherlands in 1648, did not take things as lightly as his predecessor, and the "battle of the forts" was begun.
		Born in Finland, a part of Sweden at the time, the date of his emigration to New Sweden is not clear but was certainly in or before 1654.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/morton/page2.asp?secid=31 (710 words)

	Opening Page New Sweden BMW Riders Inc
		New Sweden BMW Riders are located in Southern New Jersey.
		The New Sweden BMW Riders, Inc. was formed by riders who share a common interest and passion for the "Legendary Motorcycles of Germany." Our propose is to facilitate a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge, camaraderie and good clean fun.
		New Sweden BMW Riders is a non-profit organization for Federal and State Purposes under section 501(c)(3)
	www.newswedenbmwriders.org (644 words)

	Farm, History, Ethnic -- New Sweden Farmstead -- Are We There Yet?
		A company of Swedes and Ethnic Finns, known as the New Sweden Company, was organized by Peter Minuit under the aegis of King Gustavus Adolphus to establish a colony in the New World.
		The endeavor was assisted by a technical team that came from Sweden to supervise construction, assuring authenticity of the structures, fireplaces, chimneys, and the furnace for the Blacksmith Shop.
		The New Sweden Company continues to establish itself as an educator and provider of historical data and cultural information relating to the Scandinavian influence in the development of the United States.
	www.fieldtrip.com /nj/94514802.htm (385 words)

	Nordic Culture > New Sweden in Jersey - Scandinavica.com
		This congregation built the new Holy Trinity church in 1699 on the Christina River and also bought a boat for transporting those living on the Jersey side.
		The New Sweden Center has a produced the documentary "Life in New Sweden", available on VHS or DVD.
		New Sweden Heritage Day and the monument dedication honor the Swedes and Finns who settled in the Delaware Valley.
	www.scandinavica.com /culture/world/delaware.htm (2404 words)

	Sweden News
		Sweden News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Sweden's new center-right government got off to a rocky start, with two ministers resigning within 10 days after revealing dark secrets from their past.
		Heavy snowfall in northern Sweden is continuing for a second day - and more is expected over the weekend, according to forecasts.
	www.topix.net /world/sweden (639 words)

	The Town of New Sweden, Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He went to Sweden, recruited the first 51 immigrants, and led them into the township that became New Sweden.
		After a brief introduction as to how the Colony came to be, the contents are organized by townships involved: New Sweden, Stockholm, Woodland (and Perham, Connor, Caribou) Westmanland and Madawaska Lake (T16R4).
		The following local historical organizations involved in this project are the Historical Societies of New Sweden, Woodland, Stockholm, and Maine's Swedish Colony, Inc. Funding assistance was provided by the Maine Humanities Council and the Maine Community Foundation.
	www.aroostook.me.us /newsweden/index.html (284 words)

	New Sweden
		In 1633, the New South Company was formed by Dutch and Swedish investors to establish a commercial settlement in America.
		Route from Sweden to New Sweden and return New Sweden rose to its greatest heights during the governorship of Johan Printz (1643-1653).
		He extended settlement northward from Fort Christina along both sides of the Delaware River and improvNew Sweden and return New Sweden rose to its greatest heights during the governorship of Johan Printz (1643-1653).
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h595.html (474 words)

	Embassy of Sweden - Homepage
		Our task is to promote and strengthen the relations between Sweden and Singapore and Brunei respectively.
		Our activities are focused on trade and investment but we do also contribute to further cooperation in other areas such as defense, culture and education.
		New procedures for visa application from November 7, 2005
	www.swedenabroad.com /pages/start____7360.asp (108 words)

	Historical Places in New Sweden, Maine
		THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH of New Sweden was organized March 4, 1871, when 8 members met at the home of one of the original immigrants, Mr.
		In 1980 it was moved to its present location behind the New Sweden Museum and restored.
		THE NEW SWEDEN CEMETERY grounds were deeded to the town and the New Sweden Cemetery Association was formed in 1905.
	www.aroostook.me.us /newsweden/historical.html (932 words)

	New Sweden and the New World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At the same time, in Europe, Sweden's King Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), whose mastery of military art saved the seemingly hopeless Protestant cause in the Thirty Years' War, brought his country out of a long winter of political obscurity.
		Sweden's next logical step was to increase its wealth, power, and prestige through overseas commerce.
		The New Sweden Company was created to inhabit Blommaert's former patroonship and develop the fur trade.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/morton/page1.asp?secid=31 (449 words)

	New Sweden News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Local news for New Sweden, ME continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
		DAMARISCOTTA : Continuing their season of new plays by Maine playwrights, River Company's fall production and final offering for 2006 will be "One Manns Maine" a series of eight one acts by Camden playwright,...
		WAGM TV For the first time in Aroostook County, paramedics and nurses are training to become members of a pediatric and neonatal critical care transport team.
	www.topix.net /city/new-sweden-me (697 words)

	New Sweden Farmstead Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The New Sweden Farmstead Museum was founded in 1988 and created for the operation of a living history museum consisting of seven log replicas of a 17th century Swedish farmstead.
		Just north of the Farmstead is the Cohanzick Zoo (New Jersey's first) and it remains one of the few free public zoos left in the country.
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	www.biderman.net /new.htm (359 words)

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