Realm · 1640–1658

New Sweden

New Sweden appears on the map from 1640 to 1658. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1640, it covered about 2,841 km².

One of the realms of Swedish Empire. Sweden left the Danish-led Kalmar Union under Gustav Vasa in 1523, and his heirs built a strong, Lutheran, centralised state rich in iron and copper. Gustavus Adolphus turned it into a great power: his reformed army won stunning victories in the Thirty Years' War, and by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 Sweden held lands around the Baltic in Finland, Estonia, Livonia, Pomerania and Bremen.

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On the map

1640–1658

Greatest extent

1640, about 2,841 km²

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Wikipedia: New Sweden · Wikidata Q322187