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Fort Christina
Fort Christina
(later renamed
Fort Altena
; ) was the first
Swedish
settlement in
North America
and the principal settlement of the
New Sweden
colony. Built in 1638 and named after
Queen Christina of Sweden
, it was located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) east of the present downtown
Wilmington, Delaware
, at the confluence of the
Brandywine River
and the
Christina River
, approximately 2 mi (3 km) upstream from the mouth of the Christina on the
Delaware River
.
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