New Sweden (
Swedish:
Nya Sverige, , ) was a
Swedish colony along the lower reaches of
Delaware River in North America from 1638 to 1655 in the present-day American
Mid-Atlantic states of
Delaware,
New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania.
Fort Christina, now in
Wilmington, Delaware, was the first settlement. Along with
Swedes and
Finns, a number of the settlers were
Dutch. New Sweden was conquered by the
Dutch in 1655, during the
Second Northern War, and incorporated into
New Netherland.