| Years in Sweden: | 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 |
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 |
Events from the year 1647 in Sweden .
| Years in Sweden: | 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 |
| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 |
Events from the year 1647 in Sweden .
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New Sweden was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River from 1638 to 1655 in North America, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power. New Sweden formed part of the Swedish efforts to colonize the Americas. Settlements were established on both sides of the Delaware Valley in the region of Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, often in places where Swedish traders had been visiting since about 1610. Fort Christina in Wilmington, Delaware, was the first settlement, named after the reigning Swedish monarch. The settlers were Swedes, Finns, and a number of Dutch. New Sweden was conquered by the Dutch Republic in 1655 during the Second Northern War and incorporated into the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
Christina was a member of the House of Vasa, and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death at the Battle of Lützen in 1632, but began ruling the Swedish Empire when she reached the age of eighteen in 1644.
Fort Christina 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-day 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.
Gustaf Otto Gustafsson Stenbock was a Swedish military officer and politician.
Count Corfits Ulfeldt was a Danish statesman, and one of the most notorious traitors in Danish history.
Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.
Kirsten Munk was a Danish noble, the second spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark, and mother to twelve of his children.
John Campanius, also known as Johan Campanius and Johannes Campanius, was a Swedish Lutheran priest assigned to the New Sweden colony.
Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken was a countess palatine, a cousin and foster-sibling of Queen Christina of Sweden, and a sister of King Charles X of Sweden. She was also, after the accession of her brother Charles X on the throne (1654), a titular Royal Princess of Sweden.
Erik Carlsson Sjöblad was a Swedish governor, admiral, and baron.
Eleonora Catherine of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, was a cousin and foster sister of Queen Christina of Sweden and sister of King Charles X of Sweden. After her brother's accession to the throne (1654), she and her siblings were all considered royal princesses and princes of Sweden. As the wife of Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (1617–1655), she was by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Eschwege, and after her husband's death acted as regent and administrator of his lands (1655–1692).
Högestad Castle is an estate in Ystad Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
Krageholm Castle is an estate at Ystad Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
Christinehof Castle is a manor house in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, Sweden.
Countess Palatine Christina Magdalena of Kleeburg of the House of Wittelsbach, Margravine of Baden-Durlach. She was the daughter of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and Princess Catherine of Sweden. Christina Magdalena was a sister of Charles X of Sweden, and grew up in Sweden.
Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five offices counted as the Great Officers of the Realm, namely Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Chancellor and Lord High Steward. He also served as Governor-General in the Swedish dominion of Livonia.
Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Eschwege was from 1632 until his death Landgrave of the apanage of Hesse-Eschwege, which stood under the suzerainty of Hesse-Kassel.
Beata Oxenstierna, was a Swedish aristocrat and courtier. She served as överhovmästarinna to Christina, Queen of Sweden, from 1639 to 1647.
Events from the year 1786 in Sweden
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa, 1st Count of Korsholma and Vaasa, Finnish: Gabriel Pentinpoika Oxenstierna, was a Swedish statesman, jurist and diplomat.
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