The King and Queen of Sweden were in Delaware this weekend to celebrate the 375th anniversary of the settlement of New Sweden.  Article and videos:   http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130511/NEWS/130511011/Swedish-royalty-spend-day-in-Wilmington-to-celebrate-375th-Jubilee http://www.digtriad.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2375132162001

Hi Jackie, A bit of history little known by the general public, I suspect. Governor-General Petrus Stuyvesant dealt decisively with the Swedish interlopers in 1655, and they never threatened Dutch sovereignty again, but traces of Swedish and especially Finnish influence (since most of the "Swedish" settlers were actually Finns) persist to this day. Christopher Ward, "The Dutch & Swedes on the Delaware 1609-64," University of Pennsylvania Press, 1930, is an authoritative history of Dutch and Swedish settlement of the region, and I am fortunate to have a copy. David ========== ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Harder" <jaharder88@yahoo.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:26 PM Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] New Sweden anniversary The King and Queen of Sweden were in Delaware this weekend to celebrate the 375th anniversary of the settlement of New Sweden. Article and videos: http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130511/NEWS/130511011/Swedish-royalty-spend-day-in-Wilmington-to-celebrate-375th-Jubilee http://www.digtriad.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2375132162001