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Johan classon Risingh (1617–1672) was a
Swedish politician who was the last
governor of New Sweden, the
Swedish colony in
North America.
Risingh was born in...
- ****ault from
reaching New Sweden, the
Lenape soon
informed Risingh of the
Dutch plans.
Risingh ordered Fort
Trinity and Fort
Christian strengthened. On...
- Christina. In May 1654,
soldiers from New
Sweden led by
Governor Johan Risingh captured Fort
Casimir and
renamed it Fort
Trinity (Trefaldigheten in Swedish)...
- the
Swedes captured Fort
Casimir under the
orders of
Governor Johan Risingh.
Risingh,
fearing reprisals,
strengthened the
defenses of Fort
Christina by...
- is
believed to have been
constructed in 1654
under instruction of
Johan Risingh, who was the last
Governor of the
Colony of New Sweden.
Chief Peminacka...
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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...
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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...
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position of
first lady of the colony. When her
husband was
replaced by
Johan Risingh and
returned to Sweden,
Armegot remained in the
colony to
manage her father's...
- New
Amsterdam for
Delaware Bay. On
September 15, 1655,
Governor Johan Risingh surrendered Fort
Christina and the
colony without a fight. At daybreak...
