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Delaware Monument

Delaware Monument

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Delaware Monument

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Location: Göteborg, Västra Götaland, Sweden

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1. Skansen Kronan – Haga District, Gothenburg loop from Majorna

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2. Haga Nygata – Haga District, Gothenburg loop from Göteborgs central

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3. Kungsparken (Gothenburg) – Stora Saluhallen Gothenburg loop from Eriksberg

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Lemmi alias Schlumpf

July 16, 2023

The original 1938 monument is made of black granite and still stands in Christina State Park in Wilmington, USA. The sculpture on Stenpiren is a bronze copy.
The sculpture depicts the ship Kalmar Nyckel sailing across the sea with its sails hoisted, riding the crest of a wave. Along with the ship Fågel Grip, Kalmar Nyckel was the first Swedish ship to reach the North American east coast. Both Swedish and Finnish colonizers were on board.

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Lemmi alias Schlumpf

July 16, 2023

The Delaware Monument was created as a gift from Sweden to the American state of Delaware to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the colony of New Sweden.

The monument describes how the first Swedish colony was founded in 1638 in what are now the American states of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Swedish, Finnish, and Dutch colonizers lived in the colony. In 1655, the Netherlands conquered the colony, and the territory became part of New Netherland.

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Organic_Billy

June 14, 2024

The Dalware Memorial in Gothenburg commemorates the emigrants from the Swedish province of Dalarna who settled in the United States in the 19th century and symbolizes the strong cultural and historical ties between Sweden and the USA.

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Delaware Monument

1. Skansen Kronan – Haga District, Gothenburg loop from Majorna

2. Haga Nygata – Haga District, Gothenburg loop from Göteborgs central

3. Kungsparken (Gothenburg) – Stora Saluhallen Gothenburg loop from Eriksberg

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