a trading post in Cabo Corso at the African Gold Coast. In the political turmoil of nineteenth century Europe, the focus of interest shifted to American respect for honest toil and to the virtues of republican government. Apart from scrutinizing He left Cabo Corso only to return on January 27, 1658, on the Danish Privateer "Glückstadt." it comes to climate offsetting, rich countries gladly export it. quite some time. still evident today. A curious fact is that iron in his forges was cast into bars In New Sweden, forest Finns were forced (by By the middle of the 17th century, the Swedish Empire had reached its greatest territorial extent. But when exports to warring countries are highlighted the government is forced to act; recently exports to Turkey were stopped because of the war in northern Syria (the contents of the exports were secret, however—protected by law). human rights and progressiveness. In this essay, I weave together depictions of Swedish colonial history with recent political events. century. government’s continual restriction of who has the legal right to call There seems to be a line of continuity in origin, until French soldiers violently ended the revolt. Throughout history many Sámi people have been hurt, of Northern Europe begins to crack as its lack of climate action at home is The former Swedish colonies in Africa were: 1. contesting colonial relations. A new expedition was send to the colony which remained under Swedish administration only for a short period. The self-image of Sweden as a peace-loving ", Vassberg's study of a Swedish farming community in Texas shows how many aspects of Swedish identity and culture were preserved well into the twentieth century.[3]. are oppressed, but we have not really cleaned up in front of our own door.’ This is not the least apparent in the Swedish atrocities including the Holocaust have caused a processing in literature, art, Naum and Nordin show how the quest for economic growth attracted Dutch capital and workforce to Scandinavia, bringing industrialization as well as capitalism. But alas, there were other reasons to be silent: Sweden was depending on Ethiopian support for a coveted seat on the UN Security Council and did not want to annoy Ethiopian colleagues by criticizing unlawfulness. The only Nordic country to have been considered a "great power", at points in history Sweden has controlled most of the shores of the Baltic Sea, troops have marched deep into present-day Germany , Russia and Ukraine and it has possessed colonies in North America, Africa and … would often unite in this manner against enemies who threatened the colonialist All other Sámi people—like fishing and hunting Sámi—are by Swedish definitions of human rights in the Arabic autocracy was never questioned. But things can change. Sweden temporarily controlled several settlements on the Gold Coast (present Ghana) since 22 April 1650, but lost the last when on April 20, 1663, Fort Carlsborg and the capital Fort Chistiansborg were seized by Denmark. act on this. Due to their so-called higher standards of behaviour they may even gain advantages in the global competition for control of natural resources. The anthology displays Swedish involvement on several continents: from expansion up North to the New World, Africa, and Asia. What makes Bolsonaro’s scoffing particularly interesting is that he directed it toward nations that tend to be depicted as humanitarian and climate heroes: Germany and Norway. Swedish Gold Coast (1650-1663; lost to Denmark and the Dutch) Including Cape Coast (1649-1663) consisting following settlements: 1.1. This is due to the fact that the Swedish colonies were fewer and smaller than were those of other powers. nations for some time. In any case, regardless of how one government take care to emphasise the morally responsible nature of the Swedish In 2013 he was imprisoned in Ethiopia, where he was detained for five years without a trial, falsely accused of bribery. In more than a dozen close-up descriptions of colonial encounters, a continuous whitewash of Scandinavian history is revealed. This is revealed in a Fikru Maru biography which came out in October 2019. Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and Netherlands). humiliated, and oppressed by Swedish authorities. The European colonial attitude depended on racial supremacy. The settlement became known as New Sweden and was actually an invasion of New Netherland, since it was Dutch territory. But some are trying to change this. The colonial purposes were similar to those of other European powers: Scandinavia’s colonial expansion was motivated by and involved particular economic thinking, mercantilist drive for profit (to sell dear and buy cheap) and balancing national economies. oppressing Sámi people at home while telling Bolsonaro to respect Indigenous I will say this were abolished as a result of widespread resistance and popular movements. The offsets were Swedish Colonial Empire learn by taking a quiz; Online quiz to learn Swedish Colonial Empire; Your Skills & Rank. The Swedes sought to extend their influence by creating an agricultural (tobacco) and fur trading colony to bypass French, British, and Dutch merchants. The self-imposed governmental right In 2018, the Brazilian government) as environmentally and socially beneficial because Swedish key to Germany’s remarkable ethical recovery in the eyes of the world. This trade But however negligible the Swedish exercise of The Sweden-Norway united (1814-1905) took part in the Berlin Conference (1884) which divided Africa between the major powers, although Sweden was not included in the distribution of territory. The Oxford History of the British Empire, vol. The Swedes sought to extend their influence by creating an agricultural and fur trading colony to bypass French, British and Dutch merchants. On the contrary, the companies and the Old colonial relations cast a shadow over today’s environmental politics. Regions in Germany and Poland were occupied. crimes or oppression. If the brutality of Swedes is absent in Swedish the present, how might Scandinavian countries approach decolonization? The Church supports the of history: ‘Sweden must deal with its historical debt to the Sámi,’ Archbishop bailiffs, entrepreneurs, and clerics in Lapland has not been seen as colonial In the court proceedings, surprisingly blunt But whatever ideals are invoked, Swedish Nor has Sweden favored former colonial territories in its aid program, since links that did exist are too distant in time to have any continued claim. of Sápmi, often in connection to the environmental impact of extractive In all this, the Sámi appear to have no say. In Russia, Stalin is idolized to this day by one-eyed Because of how the money was used, Sweden was then given an additional 300,000 Riksdaler under the Riksdag of 1815 every year. NOTE: Shortly after the publication of this text, the Swedish Supreme Court (Högsta Domstolen) ruled in favour of Girjas reindeer herding community against the state. colonial violations were marginal, if they occurred at all. that SAAB does little or nothing to check if delivered equipment is used in war They therefore formed the New Sweden Company to promote this agenda. updated legal restrictions in Sweden) to cultivate the colony with their ‘slash De Geer wants to newspaper. With the exceptions of Germany, Ireland, and Norway, no other European country has had a higher percentage of its population move to North America. Population growth and industrialization contributed to Sweden's desire to join the scramble for colonies. So I was remembering how one time I created a dumb sci fi story about these Swedish soldiers fighting aliens that were similar to Halo's Covenant, and I remember expanding the lore of this alternate Swedish empire, I even made a map that showed them having similar colonial territories that France had in Africa, as well as owning all of Indonesia. This is convincingly shown in the anthology on Scandinavian colonialism from 2013 edited by Naum and Nordin. and burn’ practise. In addition to trading companies formed to pursue commerce and exploration in Africa and in the Americas, the Swedish East India Company was established in 1731. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Sweden adopted a policy of neutrality. This may be the beginning of another dramatic shift of paradigms—if double standards hiding and justifying short-term profit interests do not stand in the way. the $20 million relief effort may contain In 1652, the Swedes took Cape Coast (in modern Ghana) which had previously been under the control of the Dutch and before that the Portuguese. This led to the Guadeloupe Fund which guaranteed Sweden 24 million francs. that former colonial powers have a responsibility both for their material [1] Sweden does not possess residual ties with former colonies that influence its foreign policy or involve ongoing commercial or economic interests. education, and public debate. Namibia (formerly German Southwest Africa) as the countries are five years into The word ‘colonizer’ is seldom used in Swedish sources. Fort Christiansborg/Fort Frederiksborg, which became the capital, present Osu: 1652-1658 1.3. genocide and traumatization of Indigenous peoples as well as the atrocities of Greenland and the Faroes remain (sort of) in the Danish Empire. revealed. not Sámi! settlements in Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and Asia in the 17th As a result of Sweden's support of France's enemies during the Napoleonic Wars, the island of Guadeloupe was ceded to king Charles XIV John personally, not to his Swedish state. Swedish industry’). Swedish colonial efforts were primarily opportunistic, capitalizing on treaties and marginal locations in order to establish colonies in the shadow of the major colonial powers (i.e. Fort Witsen, present Tak… This switch from concern to be a military power to neutrality had consequences for the way in which Sweden viewed her role in the world. Swedish iron was a key ingredient—mainly for farmers cannot afford to send their children to school; some even starve. entrepreneurs, including several multinational companies, are searching for And in this postcolonial world economy, Sweden uses the same strategies to promote its economic interests as during the era of European colonial expansion. On April 22, 1650, the Swedish Gold Coast was founded and Carloff became its first administrator. history writing—spelled out even by president Putin, the new ‘tsar’—despite all The standard overview of the French colonial policies designed by Jean-Baptiste Colbert remains W. J. Eccles, France in America (New York, 1972), 60–89. It Admiration for America was combined with the notion of a past Swedish Golden Age, whose ancient Nordic ideals had supposedly been corrupted by foreign influences. In China, the Norwegian news site writes, ‘Norway’s rain forest preservation So where does all this leave us? income. After the Treaty of Copenhagen in 1660, Cabo Corso was to be returned to Swedish administration: However it then was revealed that Carloff's associate Schmidt already on his own had sold the colony in March 1659, to the Netherlands and had disappeared with the money. The clean and green façade of Northern Europe begins to crack as its lack of climate action at home is revealed. As a colonial territory under the authority of the Swedish Crown, New Sweden had only a brief existence. If history is unprocessed and allowed to repeat itself, ‘clean and green utopias’ like Sweden can continue to use their good reputation and depict themselves as ‘neutral’ actors to get strategic advantages in global trade. 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Furthermore, the colonial legacy in Sápmi is the slave economy, plays a role in continued racism in the U.S. in the 21st The court’s decision was unanimous. Since 1909 The Swedish Colonial Society’s publications, research and archives have been the foundation for studies of the New Sweden Colony and its colonists. The "what if" scenario on what would have happened if Sweden wouldn't fallen is quite huge! concluded that ‘We Swedes are quick to engage when people in other countries The historian H. Arnold Barton has suggested that the greatest significance of New Sweden was the strong and long-lasting interest in North America that the colony generated in Sweden.[2]. As a use of the same system in British plantations in the West Indies. At its most extensive, the British Empire comprised 57 colonies, dominions, territories or protectorates from Australia, Canada and India to Fiji, Western Samoa and Tonga. Sweden's population doubled during the hundred years period from the mid seventeenth to the mid eighteenth centuries, when industrialization also began. Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 License. By the middle of the 17th century, the Swedish Empire had reached its greatest territorial extent. published, including one with scientific white papers. a slave sent to Brazil by his forefather (!). In the post-World War II context, in proportion to her Gross National Product, Sweden has been one of the highest contributors to aid and development. that is told by the state. To advocate a greenwashed variety of with their guilt. The Swedes sought to extend their influence by creating an agricultural (tobacco) and furtrading colony to bypass French, British and Dutch merchants. opted to finance climate measures abroad instead of cutting more carbon We are now witnessing increasing pressure to change economic and political goals in an effort to counteract climate change. 5. Many Swedes probably tune into the song with a sense of pride—most commonly at sport events—and a vague notion of its references to the Swedish Era of Great Power in the years 1611-1718. Ugandan David Kureeba, chief at the National Association of Professional Back in Europe, the discovery of silver in Lapland in the 1630s triggered the Swedish Crown’s expansion north into Sápmi. triggering factor was his own encounter a few years before with a descendant of He in accordance with New World Encyclopedia standards. Sámi. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the Creative Commons CC0 License; all unstructured text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may … 1.4. Its World War II Following the old colonial pattern, the islanders themselves were not consulted. American president Donald Trump recently made a surprising announcement of the intention to buy Greenland, demonstrating how strategically and economically attractive land areas still are seen as available for purchase. The first expedition was detained by the Dutch in Indonesia on its return, who refused to recognize that it had a right to carry the Swedish flag. Swedish trade relied on indentured The charter included Swedish, Dutch, and German stockholders. Sámi as ‘inferior’, a characterization which echoes the old colonial depiction But when accusations of historical abuse pop up, some nations manage to fly below the radar in spite of extensive colonial involvement. The Swedish Empire was at its greatest extent in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Once they landed in the Americas (in 1637), they established Fort Christina (now Wilmington, Delaware), named after Queen Christina of Sweden. In a world experiencing the devastating effects of climate Another example of Swedish ‘high standards’ being more like double standards can be found in the story of the Ethiopian/Swedish cardiologist Fikru Maru. Sweden was then a colonizer, although admittedly on a smaller scale than Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Great Britain or France—and allegedly of a benevolent type. an important trade hub with slave trade as the main objective. Environmentalists, called this ‘climate colonialism’ in a major Swedish Soviet atrocities. both the Amazon fires and Bolsonaro attracted to point out that the Brazilian peasants in those areas. Today formerly colonized regions largely depend on foreign company investments to develop a role in global trade. The use of indentured labour was similar to the infamous of those ‘great olden days’ that are commemorated in the national anthem. defending delicate business agreements, Swedish rulers are well aware of the Chartered trading companies played an important role in acquiring and settling overseas colonies. No comments yet Add comment. Its ships traded with China, making a total of 132 expeditions, although the company encountered opposition from the British and Dutch, who regarded trading in the East as their exclusive right. ignored by the Crown, probably because of the urgent need for war resources in The Swedish leadership also aimed for America. Swedish colonialism in the ‘great olden days’ and today. America was seen as the standard-bearer of enlightenment and freedom, and became the ideal of liberal Swedes. The last installment was paid in 1983. You need to get 100% to score the 5 points available. Trade is promoted by professing high standards of Amnesty noted The Society collects and preserves the world’s largest collection of historical and genealogical material relating to America’s first Swedes and Finns. And scientists project that this tendency will escalate with global warming, as a future scenario with extreme heat threatens the global South in particular, with consequences like decreased labour productivity, lower crop yields, and impoverished human health. Heavy violence was not a part of Scandinavian Equitable distribution of environmental load and economic benefits is not a core shareholder value in the global economy. arms production—in the infamous triangular trade. Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area's combination of restoration and re-creation of parts of the colonial town's three main thoroughfares and their connecting side streets attempts to suggest the atmosphere and the circumstances of 18th-century Americans. The Church of Sweden also calls for a rewriting a hidden agenda and climate care can serve as a perfect alibi for retaining European environmental politics. Since the imaginary Golden Age answered to shifting needs and ideals, the "timeless values" varied over time, and so did the Swedish idea of the new land. This enraged Carloff. Sweden then forced a settlement with Great Britain because it had been guaranteed the island which was strategically close to its other Caribbean colony. King Charles X Gustav of Sweden made this one of his reasons to go to war with Denmark. The project has even been considered a form of ‘landgrabbing.’ Now the structure. to define, acculturate, and segregate the Sámi people is largely unbroken since The colonial attitude was obvious: Chancellor Oxenstierna referred to the northern parts of Sweden as ‘our India’. power has been, it is paradoxically depicted with great glamour. Instead of wanting to dominate the world as a great power, although this had certainly played a role in her earlier self-understanding, Sweden became more interested in spreading Enlightenment values. A telling When The invasion was one of the things that was contested in the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Swedish neutrality turned out to be a strategic position and to offer competitive advantages in relation to colonial superpowers at war. Fort Carlsborg was seized and made part of the Danish Gold Coast colony. Sugar refineries were built in Stockholm and Gothenburg. The Swedish Royal council also planned other vice president, general Hamilton Mourão, expressed suspicions about such professed Instead, Sweden saw itself as the moral equivalent of a great power, building up its sympathy with the marginalized and oppressed.” 1: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century (Oxford, 1998). freedoms and rights are absent. New Sweden, established in present-day Wilmington, Delaware along the lower Delaware River, was the first colony. Former colonial powers have a responsibility both for their material impact on the planet and the ideologies they enforce. When the well-known Sámi Jul 24, 2020 - Explore Deborah Vallia's board "Duncan Phyfe Love", followed by 207 people on Pinterest. impact on the planet and the ideologies they enforce. economic influence—provided that the commitment to sustainability and fair Tobago (1733). the same time, the immense German colonial abuse in Africa in the late 19th world conscience rhetoric hypocritical. Swedes did not inherit the attitude from the colonial period that has complicated the way in which some former colonial powers view the rest of the world, as, despite the end of colonialism, a theater for the pursuit of their own interests and agendas. Swedish ‘neutrality’ goodwill from colonial times up to this day. public figure Johannes Marainen was recently interviewed in a Swedish newspaper, he Some may even call Sweden’s The actual invasion started on August 29, 1664, with the capture of New Amsterdam. Old colonial relations cast a shadow over today’s environmental politics. As a modern day supporter of the peace keeping activities of the United Nations and a major donor in the fields of aid and development, Sweden is committed to achieving an equitable and just world for all its people. Today 's Points. The charter included Swedish, … world conscience of human rights rhymes badly with Swedish arms exports. 1,500-2,000 slaves were attendance (with Christianity lessons) for Sámi children cut off from their eval(ez_write_tag([[300,250],'newworldencyclopedia_org-medrectangle-4','ezslot_2',162,'0','0'])); The former Swedish colonies in Africa were: By the middle of the seventeenth century, the Swedish Empire had reached its greatest territorial extent. example is the Swedish national The US Virgin Islands used to be The Danish West Indies until 1917, also there were colonies in present-day Ghana and in India - at least part of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, as well as a couple of places on the mainland whose names escape me. In May 1654[5], the Dutch Fort Casimir was captured by soldiers from the New Sweden colony led by governor Johan Rising. relied on Swedish ‘neutrality’ in European wars. 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