Swedish Africa Company

The Swedish Africa Company (Swedish: Svenska Afrikanska Kompaniet) was a Swedish trading company, founded in 1649 on the initiative of the Walloon-Dutch merchant Louis De Geer and his son Laurens, for whom Sweden had become a second home. The primary interest of the company was the trade on the Swedish Gold Coast, primarily gold and ivory, which was resold in Hamburg or Amsterdam. The company's role in the slave trade was limited by its lack of access to American markets. During its existence it transported 300-400 slaves to the Portuguese sugar plantations on São Tomé.