Former Swedish colonies

Guadeloupe is an overseas department and region of the French Republic in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat and north of Dominica. The capital city is Basse-Terre, on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 395,726 in 2024.

overseas collectivity of France, island of the Little Antilles

capital city of Central Region in Ghana

Swedish colony in North America between 1638–1655

overview of colonial possessions of Sweden

Swedish colony founded in 1650 by Hendrik Carloff on the Gulf of Guinea in present-day Ghana in Africa

company created to colonize and trade

waves of systematic slave trades in the history of Sweden, which were pillars of the Norse economy

Swedish colony from 1784 until 1878