Swedish East India Company
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The Swedish East India Company was an 18th-century chartered trading company that conducted lucrative commerce between Sweden and East Asia, particularly China, playing a key role in Sweden’s global trade and economic history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Swedish East India Company canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22185852 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swedish East India Company Context triple: [Magnus von Lagerström, directorOf, Swedish East India Company]
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Swedish Africa Company
The Swedish Africa Company was a 17th-century Swedish chartered trading company that operated along the West African coast, primarily engaged in the trade of gold, ivory, and enslaved people.
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Danish East India Company
The Danish East India Company was a Danish chartered trading company that operated from the 17th to the 19th century, establishing colonies and trading posts in India and Southeast Asia to participate in the lucrative spice and textile trades.
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Swedish South Company
The Swedish South Company was a 17th-century Swedish trading company that organized and managed Sweden’s short-lived colonial ventures in North America, particularly in the Delaware Valley.
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Danish West India Company
The Danish West India Company was a chartered trading company of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway that administered and profited from colonial possessions in the Caribbean, particularly in what became the Danish West Indies.
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Danish Africa Company
The Danish Africa Company was a chartered trading company that managed Denmark's colonial and commercial interests along the Gold Coast in West Africa during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swedish East India Company Target entity description: The Swedish East India Company was an 18th-century chartered trading company that conducted lucrative commerce between Sweden and East Asia, particularly China, playing a key role in Sweden’s global trade and economic history.
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A.
Swedish Africa Company
The Swedish Africa Company was a 17th-century Swedish chartered trading company that operated along the West African coast, primarily engaged in the trade of gold, ivory, and enslaved people.
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B.
Danish East India Company
The Danish East India Company was a Danish chartered trading company that operated from the 17th to the 19th century, establishing colonies and trading posts in India and Southeast Asia to participate in the lucrative spice and textile trades.
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C.
Swedish South Company
The Swedish South Company was a 17th-century Swedish trading company that organized and managed Sweden’s short-lived colonial ventures in North America, particularly in the Delaware Valley.
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D.
Danish West India Company
The Danish West India Company was a chartered trading company of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway that administered and profited from colonial possessions in the Caribbean, particularly in what became the Danish West Indies.
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E.
Danish Africa Company
The Danish Africa Company was a chartered trading company that managed Denmark's colonial and commercial interests along the Gold Coast in West Africa during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.