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New Sweden, or Nya Sverige, was a Swedish(-Finnish) colony in North America corresponding roughly to the networked region of urban sprawl around Philadelphia, containing such settlements as Finland, Lapland etc. in Delaware; New Stockholm (now Bridgeport) and Swedesboro in New Jersey, as well as others in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The colony existed from March 29, 1638, to September 1655.

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Swedish - -Finnish - Colony - North America - Urban sprawl around Philadelphia - Delaware - Bridgeport - Swedesboro - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Maryland - March 29 - 1638 - September - 1655

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