What would happen if you started a colony in the New World and then just kind of forgot about it for a few decades? This episode we look at the short, strange history of New Sweden. Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/nya-sverige/ Key sources for this episode include Terry G. Jordan and Matti Kapus's The American Backwoods Frontier: An Ethnic and Ecological Interpretation; J. Thomas Sharf's History of Delaware, 1609-1888; George Sydney Fisher's The Making of Pennsylvania; and numerous articles in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Instagram: https://instagram.com/orderjackalope Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Email: [email protected] Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. This week we're cross-promoting with fellow TNC podcast The Curiosity of a Child! Listen as a father and his 11-year-old son discuss the things they are curious about from science and history to monsters and games.