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NH 79642-KN Swedish flag, 1654

Swedish flag, 1654
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Title: Swedish flag, 1654
Caption: Detail from a painting by Swedish engineer Petter Lindestrom, 8 July 1654, showing the flag flying over Fort Christina, in "New Sweden" on the Delaware River estuary. This three-tailed flag is that used by the Swedish Navy, and is called: "Örlogsflagga." It flew over the fort erected by the first Swedish colonists in America.
Description: Courtesy of the Riksarkivel, Stockholm, via the Swedish Naval Attaché, 1974.
Catalog #: NH 79642-KN
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Original Creator: Painting by Petter Lindestrom.
Original Date: Wed, Jul 08, 1654
After this Year: 1650
Before this Year: 1659
Original Medium: Color Photo, Painting
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