The Swedish colonial project in North America – New Sweden – was short-lived, and few women were part of it. But one formidable woman made her mark – Armegot Printz. Armegot was born in 1626,…
Have you ever heard of New Sweden? Long before the mass-emigration from Sweden to North America in the 19th and 20th centuries, there was the short-lived colonial project of New Sweden, 1638 – 1655. The…