Possessions of Sweden

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 limited time.

• Scania (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360 and since 1658)
• Blekinge (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360 and since 1658)
• Hven (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332-1360 and since 1660)
• 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)
• Halland and Bohus given on a 30 year lease by the Danish at the Roskilde conference.

Colonies

• :Apollonia, present Benin: 1655-1657.
• :Fort Christiansborg/Fort Frederiksborg, which became the capital, present Osu: 1652-1658
• :Fort Batenstein, present Butri: 1649-1656.
• :Fort Witsen, present Takoradi: 1653-1658.
• :Carolusborg: April 1650 - January/February 1658, 10 December 1660- 22 April 1663
• :Delaware Colony on the banks of Delaware river North America

Mint Cities

Cities, held outside the realm, where Swedish mints were established.

• Stade (Saxony)
• Osnabrück (Saxony)
• Erfurt (Thuringia)
• Mainz (Palatinate)
• Würzburg (Bavaria)
• Fürth (Bavaria)
• Nuremberg (Bavaria)
• Augsburg (Bavaria)
• Elbing (Prussia, 1626-1635 and 1655-1660)
• Thorn (Prussia, 1655-1658)

Territories held under Martial Law

• Strasburg, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
• Dirschau, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
• Wormditt, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
• Mehlsack, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
• Frauenburg, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
• Marienburg, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
• Stuhm, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
• Danziger Haupt, Prussia (conquest in the Polish War, held until 1629)
• Landsberg (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 colonial empire
• 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
• The Swedish slave trade