![]() Its charter included Swedish, Dutch, and German stockholders led by directors of the company, including Samuel Blommaert. The Swedish South Company (also known as the Company of New-Sweden) was founded in 1626 with a mandate to establish colonies between Florida and Newfoundland for the purposes of trade, particularly along the Delaware River. The Swedes sought to expand their influence by creating their own plantation ( tobacco) and fur-trading colony to circumvent French and English merchants. Other northern European nations were establishing colonies in the New World and building successful trading empires at this time. Sweden then included Finland and Estonia, along with parts of modern Russia, Poland, Germany, and Latvia under King Gustavus Adolphus and later Queen Christina. 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 it was the stormaktstiden ("age of greatness" or "great power period"). ![]()
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