Possessions of Sweden

Possessions of Sweden

This is a list of possessions of Sweden held outside of Sweden-proper during the early modern period.

Fiefs

Fiefs that were held for a limited time.
*Scania (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360 and since 1658)
*Blekinge (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360 and since 1658)
*Hven (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360 and since 1660)
*Elbing (Treaty of Altmark, 1629-1635)
*Braunsberg (Treaty of Altmark, 1629-1635)
*Pillau (Treaty of Altmark, 1629-1635)
*Fischhausen (Treaty of Altmark, 1629-1635)
*Lochstädt (Treaty of Altmark, 1629-1635)
*Memel (Treaty of Altmark, 1629-1635)
*Bremen (Recess of Stede, 1654-1666)
*Bornholm (Treaty of Roskilde, 1658-1660)
*Trøndelag (Treaty of Roskilde, 1658-1660)
*Halland and Bohus given on a 30 year lease by the Danish at the Roskilde conference.

Colonies

*:Apollonia, present Benin: 1655-1657.
*:Fort Christiansborg/Fort Frederiksborg, which became the capital, present Osu: 1652-1658
*:Fort Batenstein, present Butri: 1649-1656.
*:Fort Witsen, present Takoradi: 1653-1658.
*:Carolusborg: April 1650 - January/February 1658, 10 December 1660- 22 April 1663
*:Delaware Colony on the banks of Delaware river North America

Mint Cities

Cities, held outside the realm, where Swedish mints were established.
*Stade (Saxony)
*Osnabrück (Saxony)
*Erfurt (Thuringia)
*Mainz (Palatinate)
*Würzburg (Bavaria)
*Fürth (Bavaria)
*Nuremberg (Bavaria)
*Augsburg (Bavaria)
*Elbing (Prussia, 1626-1635 and 1655-1660)
*Thorn (Prussia, 1655-1658)

Territories held under Martial Law

*Strasburg, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
*Dirschau, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
*Wormditt, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
*Mehlsack, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
*Frauenburg, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
*Marienburg, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
*Stuhm, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
*Danziger Haupt, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
*Landsberg (agreement with Brandenburg, 1641-1643)
*Frankfurt (Oder) (agreement with Brandenburg, 1641-1643)
*Leipzig (agreement with Saxony, 1646-1648)
*Memmingen (agreement with Bavaria, 1647-1648)
*Überlingen (agreement with Bavaria, 1647-1648)

See also

*Swedish Empire
*Swedish colonial empire
*Swedish colonization of the Americas
*Lands of Sweden
*Provinces of Sweden
*Dominions of Sweden
*Unions of Sweden
*Thirty Years' War
*History of Guadeloupe
*History of Ghana
*The Swedish slave trade


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