Fort Christina

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Fort Christina was the first Swedish settlement in North America, established in 1638 at the site of present-day Wilmington, Delaware.

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Fort Christina canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former Swedish colony settlement
fort
historic site
capturedBy Dutch Republic
Peter Stuyvesant
category Colonial forts in Delaware
New Sweden
Swedish-American history
commemoratedBy Fort Christina Park
controlledBy Dutch Republic
surface form: Dutch Republic (after 1655)

Sweden (1638–1655)
coordinateLatitude 39.736°N
coordinateLongitude 75.546°W
country Kingdom of Sweden
surface form: Sweden (at time of founding)
dateOfCapture 1655
firstSwedishSettlementIn North America
foundedBy Peter Minuit
Swedish South Company
hasHeritageNumber National Historic Landmark reference number 66000630
hasMonument Kalmar Nyckel
surface form: Kalmar Nyckel monument
hasPart Fort Christina Park
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
heritageDesignationDate 1961 (National Historic Landmark)
inception 1638
locatedIn Delaware
New Castle County, Delaware
North America
United States of America
surface form: United States

Wilmington, Delaware
locatedInHistoricRegion Delaware Valley
locatedNear Delaware River
locatedOnWaterbody Christina River
namedAfter Queen Christina of Sweden
nearbyCity Wilmington
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000630
openToPublic yes
ownedBy Delaware
surface form: State of Delaware
partOf New Sweden
replacedBy Fort Batenstein
surface form: Fort Altena
significance center of early Swedish colonization in North America
first permanent European settlement in present-day Delaware
significantEvent beginning of New Sweden colony
landing of first Swedish settlers in Delaware Valley

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Wilmington, Delaware foundedAs Fort Christina
New Sweden capital Fort Christina
New Sweden majorSettlement Fort Christina
Christina River near Fort Christina
Peter Minuit founded Fort Christina