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| Founded | 1647 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Louis De Geer |
| Defunct | 1663 |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Stade, Göteborg |
Key people | Laurens De Geer, Hendrik Carloff, |
| Products | tobacco, sugar, gold and African slaves |
The Swedish Africa Company (Swedish: Svenska Afrikanska Kompaniet) was a Swedish trading company, founded in 1649 on the initiative of the Walloon-Dutch merchant Louis De Geer and his son Laurens, for whom Sweden had become a second home. The primary interest of the company was the trade on the Swedish Gold Coast, notably the trade of human beings to be sold into slavery in the Americas.[1]
- ^ Various Contributors, 'Racism is no joke' in Michael McEachrane (ed.), Afro-Nordic Landscapes: Equality and Race in Northern Europe (London: Routledge, 2014) p.140