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The story of New Sweden.(CURRENT and coming)(Colony to Community: The Story of New Sweden)(Brief article)
In 1638 a group of Immigrants from Sweden and Finland established the New Sweden Colony in the Delaware Valley to give Sweden a foothold in the growing fur and tobacco trades. A small exhibition that opened late last month at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, Colony to Community: The Story of New Sweden, explores the origins and history of the colony in the seventeenth century, and traces the continued influence of the Swedish-American presence in the area into the twenty-first century.
The New Sweden colonists faced countless obstacles in their quest to cultivate peaceful trade relationships with the local Lenape and Susquehanna Indians--suffering relentless pressure from the Dutch and eventually facing abandonment by their homeland. Though the small colony eventually fell to the Dutch in 1655, Swedes and Finns continued to settle in the area, ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 28, 2008 700+ words
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- New Sweden Minnesota searches for bride and groom for 'A Midsummer Wedding'.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 1, 1988 700+ words
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- New Sweden '88 commemorates 350 years of Swedish-American relations.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 21, 1988 700+ words
NEW SWEDEN '88 COMMEMORATES 350 YEARS OF SWEDISH...WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- New Sweden '88 marks the 350th anniversary of the...Congress have proclaimed 1988 as the Year of New Sweden to increase understanding between the...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Charless Hahn March 27, 1988 700+ words
...350th anniversary of the settlement of New Sweden. The stamps incorporate a common design...European settlers talking to Indians at New Sweden, against a background of a map of the...customer-prepared envelopes to U.S. New Sweden Stamp, Postmaster, Wilmington, Del...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 14, 1988 700+ words
...FOR 'THE FABRIC OF A FRIENDSHIP,' NEW SWEDEN EXHIBIT ON VIEW MARCH 14-APRIL 9 AT...Reagan has proclaimed 1988 "The Year of New Sweden," and in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the New Sweden Colony, IKEA and the Plymouth Meeting...
- University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine and Davis Family...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 17, 2009 700+ words
...celebrated the private grand opening of New Sweden Dairy, LLC in Nicollet County, MN...dairies combined employ 75 people. The New Sweden site serves as a birthing center for...construct, and operate the new facility, New Sweden Dairy. The facility offers a unique...
- New Sweden AB announces seminar series; Europe in Change - Swedish Business in...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 22, 1991 700+ words
NEW SWEDEN AB ANNOUNCES SEMINAR SERIES; EUROPE...22 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of New Sweden AB, chaired by Peter Wallenberg, announced...a follow-up to the multi-facetted New Sweden program of 1988 that was set up to promote...
- 'A Midsummer Wedding' is part of Minnesota Festival of Music. (New...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 3, 1988 700+ words
...paid off when the couple was chosen by New Sweden-Minnesota as the winning bride and...said Jan Strand, co-director of the New Sweden Minnesota wedding. "Choosing Frank...tale and an Ingmar Bergman fantasy." New Sweden Minnesota is part of a national celebration...