Sven Svensson
| Sven Svensson | |
|---|---|
| Representative, Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly | |
| In office 1683–1683 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1636 Sweden |
| Died | 1696 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Profession | Politician, Justice |
Sven Svensson was a prominent citizen of the New Sweden colony and was from one of the colony's founding families.
Early life
Svensson was born in 1636 in Sweden to Sven Gunnarsson, a forefather of the New Swedish colony. His father was sent to the New Sweden colony by the Swedish government to help form the colony. They left in 1639 from Göteborg on the Kalmar Nyckel, and eventually arrived in the new world near present-day Delaware.[1]
Later life
Svensson would marry Catharina Larsdotter, daughter of Lars Svensson, the Finn, in 1658. He would become a Justice in the Upland Court, and would serve a term as a representative in the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly in 1683. In 1683, Svensson, along with his brothers, were forced to surrender portions of their father's plantation at Wicaco to William Penn, who was planning the city of Philadelphia. He died at Wicaco in 1696, leaving behind 5 children: Lars, Brigitta, Margaret, Barbara, and Catharina.[2]
References
- ↑ Sven Gunnarsson and his Swanson family, New Sweden Colonial Society, Retrieved 19 sept 2009.
- ↑ Sven Gunnarsson and his Swanson family, New Sweden Colonial Society, Retrieved 19 sept 2009.