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New Sweden ca. 1650.

Fort Nya Elfsborg was a fortification and settlement established as a part of New Sweden. Built in 1643 and named after the Älvsborg Fortress off Gothenburg, Fort Nya Elfsborg was located on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, between present day Salem and Alloway Creek.[1]

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Fort Nya Elfsborg

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Fort Nya Elfsborg was a fortification and settlement established as a part of New Sweden. Built in 1643 and named after the Älvsborg Fortress off Gothenburg...

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New Sweden

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to 1653. They established Fort Nya Elfsborg on the east bank of the Delaware near what is now Salem, New Jersey, and Fort Nya Gothenborg on Tinicum Island...

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Netherland's Fort Nassau to challenge the Swedes, the latter constructed Fort Nya Elfsborg in present-day Salem County. Fort Nya Elfsborg was located between...

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away from Fort Christina, with burial sites dating back to the 1630s Fort Nya Elfsborg Lenapehoking National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilmington...

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located 6.5 mi (10.5 km) to the north fell on September 15, 1655. Fort Nya Elfsborg, on the east bank, was abandoned and set afire by departing Swedish...

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Swedish overseas colonies

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The colony would establish Fort Nya Elfsborg north of present-day Salem, New Jersey, in 1643. In May 1654, the Dutch Fort Casimir, located in present-day...

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Colonial history of the United States

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had settlements near the present-day location of Salem, New Jersey (Fort Nya Elfsborg) and on Tinicum Island, Pennsylvania. The colony was captured by the...

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renamed Fort Altena (1655) Fort Mecoponacka (1641) - in Chester, near Finlandia or Upland in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Fort Nya Elfsborg (1643) -...

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would establish Fort Nya Elfsborg, near present-day Salem, New Jersey, in 1643.: pp.70–73.  In May 1654, Swedish militia captured the Fort Casimir, a Dutch...

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purchased land along the kill. In 1643, the Governor of New Sweden built Fort Nya Elfsborg, just east of present-day Salem, New Jersey, and allowed the Varkens...

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the military and commercial status of the colony by constructing Fort Nya Elfsborg, near present-day Salem. This action prevented the river from being...

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Fort Christina (on both sides of the Delaware River). He helped to improve the military and commercial status of the colony by constructing Fort Nya Elfsborg...

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New Sweden Farmstead Museum

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Anders Sinicka, whose surname has many variations. In 1643 they built Fort Nya Elfsborg near Salem. Spreading across South Jersey into what is now Salem,...

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professional career with IF Elfsborg in 2006, he went on to represent FC Twente, AS Monaco, and Panathinaikos before retiring at Elfsborg in 2018. A full international...

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Agon Mehmeti

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Halmstads in the first two league matches. However, in a 3–0 loss against IF Elfsborg on 24 April 2011, Mehmeti suffered a groin injury and was substituted in...

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