The resolution commemorates the 350th anniversary of the landing of the first Swedish settlers in America by making 1988 the "Year of New Sweden." The people of Delaware are proud of the historic significance of the first Swedish settlement in America on the shores of the Christina River at what is today Wilmington. DE. That small group of pioneers. who came to this land in 1638. along with thousands of Swedes who have immigrated since. have grown with our country. Today. they number over 4 million. and reside in every State in the Union. From the time they landed in Delaware and established the colony of New Sweden to the present.
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