Gustaf V, King of Sweden, accepted the invitation to become the first High Patron of the Society. On January 20, 1909, the organizational meeting of the Swedish Colonial Society took place. Johnson met with Swedish officials in the United States to generate support for the creation of a national organization and, during 1908, several informal meetings were held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania with prominent individuals who shared Dr. Amandus Johnson returned from study in Europe with a wealth of material concerning New Sweden on the Delaware and a determination that the history of the first colonial Swedish settlement in America should be recorded. At the turn of the century few descendants of the early Swedes and Finns knew much about their ancestors or the history of the New Sweden Colony.
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