Download or read book A History of New Sweden written by Israel Acrelius and published by Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms. This book was released on 1966 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Sweden was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in America from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power. New Sweden formed part of the Swedish efforts to colonize the Americas. Settlements were established on both sides of the Delaware Valley in the region of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, often in places where Swedish traders had been visiting since about 1610.