Swedish Gold Coast
Swedish Gold Coast Cabo Corso Svenska Guldkusten | |||||||||||||
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| 1650–1658 1660–1663 | |||||||||||||
Swedish Gold Coast (Ghana) | |||||||||||||
| Status | Swedish colony | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Fort Carolusborg | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | Swedish | ||||||||||||
| Administrator | |||||||||||||
• 1650–1655 | Henrik Carloff | ||||||||||||
• 1655–1658 | J. F. von Krusenstierna | ||||||||||||
• 1658–1662 | Occupation | ||||||||||||
• 1662–1663 | Tönnies Voss | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Colonial period | ||||||||||||
• Established | 22 April 1650 | ||||||||||||
• Partial Danish capture | 27 January 1658 | ||||||||||||
• Partial Dutch occupation | Mar 1659 – Dec 1660 | ||||||||||||
• Futu occupation (on Swedish behalf) | Dec 1660 – Dec 1662 | ||||||||||||
• Dutch capture | 22 April 1663 | ||||||||||||
| 22 July 1667 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ghana Togo | ||||||||||||
The Swedish Gold Coast (Swedish: Svenska Guldkusten) was a Swedish colony founded in 1650 by the Swedish Africa Company and Hendrik Carloff on the Gulf of Guinea in present-day Ghana in Africa. Under Swedish control for eleven years, it disappeared for good in April 1663 when it became part of the Dutch Gold Coast.