Swedish Gold Coast

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Swedish overseas possession former colony historical region

The Swedish Gold Coast was a short-lived 17th-century Swedish colonial possession on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, centered around a few coastal forts and trading posts.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swedish overseas possession ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical region ⓘ
associatedWithCommodity	gold ⓘ ivory ⓘ slaves ⓘ
capitalFort	Fort Carlsborg NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Christiansborg NERFINISHED ⓘ
charteredCompany	Swedish Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
coastline	Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower	Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith	Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
endTime	1663 ⓘ
establishedBy	Swedish Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstGovernor	Heinrich Carloff NERFINISHED ⓘ
governor	Johan Filip von Krusenstierna NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFort	Fort Apollonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Batenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Carlsborg NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Christiansborg NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Witsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ Age of Sail NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	German ⓘ Swedish NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Ghana ⓘ
lostTo	Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainPurpose	Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ trade in gold ⓘ trade in ivory ⓘ trade in other commodities ⓘ
namedAfter	Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	European colonization of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedish colonial empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
shortLived	true ⓘ
startTime	1650 ⓘ
successorColony	Brandenburg Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Danish Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Gold Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
territorialForm	string of coastal forts ⓘ
tradingPost	Butre NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Coast area NERFINISHED ⓘ Osu NERFINISHED ⓘ Takoradi NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Coast Castle → countryDuringConstruction → Swedish Gold Coast ⓘ

Danish Gold Coast → neighboringColonialEntity → Swedish Gold Coast ⓘ