Swedish Gold Coast Cabo Corso Svenska Guldkusten | |||||||||||||
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1650–1658 1660–1663 | |||||||||||||
Swedish Gold Coast (Ghana) | |||||||||||||
Status | Colony of the Swedish Africa Company | ||||||||||||
Capital | Fort Christiansborg | ||||||||||||
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 colony of the Swedish Africa Company founded in 1650 by Hendrik Carloff on the Gulf of Guinea in present-day Ghana in Africa. Under foreign occupation for much of its existence, it disappeared for good in April 1663 when it became part of the Dutch Gold Coast.