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Johan classon Risingh (1617 in
Risinge – 1672) was the last
governor of the
Swedish colony of New Sweden.
Risingh was born in 1617 in Risinge, Östergötland...
- ****ault from
reaching New Sweden, the
Lenape soon
informed Risingh of the
Dutch plans.
Risingh ordered Fort
Trinity and Fort
Christian strengthened. On...
- the
Swedes captured Fort
Casimir under the
orders of
Governor Johan Risingh.
Risingh,
fearing reprisals,
strengthened the
defenses of Fort
Christina by...
- Christina. In May 1654,
soldiers from New
Sweden led by
Governor Johan Risingh captured Fort
Casimir and
renamed it Fort
Trinity (Trefaldigheten in Swedish)...
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between a
Swedish force of 1
sloop and 20–30
armed soldiers under Johan Risingh against the
Dutch controlled Fort
Casimir under Sergeant Gerrit Bicker...
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renamed Fort
Trinity (Swedish: Trefaldigheten) by
Swedish governor Johan Risingh in May 1654.
Following the
outbreak of the
Second Northern War in Europe...
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began to
build Fort
Casimir (contemporary New Castle). In 1654,
Johan Risingh,
commissary and
councilor to the
governor Lt. Col. Printz,
officially ****umed...
- Björnsson
Printz during October 1653
until the
arrival of
Johan classon Risingh during May 1654. Subsequently,
Papegoja was ****igned the duty of sailing...
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colony of New
Sweden from 1643 to 1653. He was
succeeded by
Johan classon Risingh, the last
governor of New Sweden. The
Dutch had
never accepted the Swedish...
- New
Amsterdam for
Delaware Bay. On
September 15, 1655,
Governor Johan Risingh surrendered Fort
Christina and the
colony without a fight. At daybreak...
