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Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden (died 1663)

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Johan Björnsson Printz

1600s governor of New Sweden

Johan Björnsson Printz was a Swedish military officer who was the 3rd governor of New Sweden, the Swedish colony in North America, from 1643 until 1653.
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New Sweden

Swedish colony in North America (1638–1655)

New Sweden was a colony of the Swedish Empire between 1638 and 1655 along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great power, New Sweden formed part of…
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