This is a list of possessions of Sweden held outside of Sweden proper during the early modern period.
Fiefs Fiefs that were held for a short period of time. Scania (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332–1360) Hven (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332–1360) Blekinge (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332–1360) Halland (Treaty of Varberg, 1343–1360) Elbing (Treaty of Altmark, 1629–1635) Braunsberg (Treaty of Altmark, 1629–1635) Pillau (Treaty of Altmark, 1629–1635) Fischhausen (Treaty of Altmark, 1629–1635) Lochstädt (Treaty of Altmark, 1629–1635) Memel (Treaty of Altmark, 1629–1635) Bremen (Recess of Stede, 1654–1666) Bornholm (Treaty of Roskilde, 1658–1660) Trøndelag (Treaty of Roskilde, 1658–1660)
Colonies
Fort Apollonia, present Beyin: 1655–1657. Fort Christiansborg, present Osu: 1652–1658 Fort Batenstein, present Butri: 1650–1656. Fort Witsen, present Takoradi: 1653–1658. Carolusborg: April 1650 – January/February 1658, 10 December 1660- 22 April 1663 New Sweden on the banks of the Delaware River in North America: 1638–1655 Guadeloupe (1813–1814; returned to France) Saint-Barthélemy (1784–1878; sold to France) Esequibo (1732–1739) Tobago (1733) Porto Novo (1733; lost to the French and British East India Companies)
Mint cities Cities, held outside the realm, where Swedish mints were established. Stade (Saxony) Osnabrück (Saxony) Erfurt (Thuringia) Mainz (Electorate of the Palatinate) Würzburg (Bavaria) Fürth (Bavaria) Nuremberg (Bavaria) Augsburg (Bavaria) Elbląg (Poland, 1626–1635 and 1655–1660) Toruń (Poland, 1655–1658)
Territories held under martial law Brodnica, Poland (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629) Tczew, Poland (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629) Orneta, Poland (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629) Melzak, Poland (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629) Frombork, Poland (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629) Malbork, Poland (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629) Sztum, Poland (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629) , Poland (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629) Landsberg (Gorzów Wielkopolski) (agreement with Brandenburg, 1641–1643) Frankfurt (Oder) (agreement with Brandenburg, 1641–1643) Leipzig (agreement with Saxony, 1646–1648) Memmingen (agreement with Bavaria, 1647–1648) Überlingen (agreement with Bavaria, 1647–1648)
See also Swedish Empire Swedish overseas colonies Swedish colonization of the Americas Lands of Sweden Provinces of Sweden Dominions of Sweden Unions of Sweden Thirty Years' War History of Guadeloupe History of Ghana Swedish settlement of Svalbard Swedish slave trade
External links Mémoire St Barth | History of St Barthélemy (archives & history of slavery, slave trade and their abolition), Comité de Liaison et d'Application des Sources Historiques.