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.
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.
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