Swedish Gold Coast

Swedish Gold Coast
Cabo Corso
Svenska Guldkusten
1650–1658
1660–1663
Flag of Swedish Gold Coast
StatusColony of the Swedish Africa Company
CapitalFort Christiansborg
Common languagesSwedish
Administrator 
• 1650–1655
Henrik Carloff
• 1655–1658
J. F. von Krusenstierna
• 1658–1662
Occupation
• 1662–1663
Tönnies Voss
Historical eraColonial 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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
1650:
Futu Kingdom
1660:
Dutch Gold Coast
1658:
Danish Gold Coast
1663:
Dutch Gold Coast
Today part ofGhana
Togo
Fort Carolusborg, built on the initiative of Carloff

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.


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