New Sweden

American  

noun

1. a colony established by Swedish settlers in 1638 along the Delaware River and captured by the Dutch in 1655: the only Swedish colony in America.

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Example Sentences

Much like their kinfolk in the southern backcountry, yeoman families often lived in log cabins that they copied from the early settlers of New Sweden, and raised corn, pigs, and a few cattle.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The group’s namesake, a small one-room schoolhouse, is located at the heart of New Sweden Township.

From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 2014

In 1655, Peter Stuyvesant attacked New Sweden and the Dutch captured the colony.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Stuyvesant allowed New Sweden to remain a “Swedish Nation.”

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

He thought he recognized it as Charlie Torval’s—Charlie lived on New Sweden Road and made his living building bulkheads and docks and anchoring mooring buoys.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson