Countries Once Held by Sweden

Name the modern-day countries in which Sweden controlled any land at any point since the independence of Sweden in 1523.

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Last updated: November 24, 2018

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First submitted	September 3, 2012
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Country

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Country

Ghana

Latvia

Lithuania

Norway

Country

Poland

Russia

Sweden

United States

+35

Level 36

Sep 14, 2012

How could I forget Sweden!!?? So obvious!!

+40

Level 76

Nov 24, 2018

I assumed it was assumed :P

Level 63

Jan 7, 2019

Same here. Sweden is assumed. It probably shouldn't be an answer.

Level 65

Aug 27, 2019

tricky :D

Level 60

Jun 24, 2021

The real question is how 47% of people forgot Sweden

Level 68

Nov 10, 2012

We used to have a Caribbean island called St. Bartholomew. But strangely I can't find it on Wikipedia...

+15

Level 86

Nov 25, 2018

it is Saint Barthélemy which is part of France

Level 46

Mar 18, 2019

Oh, so that's the one I missed.

Level 46

May 13, 2019

Yeah, it was given to Sweden in 1784 and then sold back to France in 1878.

Level 52

Jun 7, 2015

forgot Sweden..

Level 72

Dec 27, 2018

I didn't forget it. I just thought, given the wording of the instructions, that it wouldn't be necessary.

Level 54

Dec 27, 2018

"Once held by Sweden"

I'm pretty sure Sweden is the current occupant of Sweden, so it should be one of those quizzes where Sweden is already filled.

Level 67

May 14, 2019

Or people should just think, and not make up excuses

+24

Level 41

Apr 20, 2018

its all north europe and then there's ghana

+17

Level 71

Nov 27, 2018

I suddenly broke out into a little rendition of that Sesame Street classic, "One of These Things is Not Like the Others" 🎶

Level 90

Nov 24, 2018

But if this concerns modern-day countries, why aren't Togo and Benin included?

Level 70

Nov 24, 2018

I assumed Sweden would be a given seeing as it is the country in question. Seems a bit pedantic asking us to give it as an answer.

+13

Level 79

Nov 26, 2018

You should've noticed by now that JetPunk is VERY pedantic, not just a bit :)

Level 67

May 14, 2019

Pedantic, really?? It is the most obvious answer. I guess it is an ego thing for people. So many blaming the quiz(master) because they missed an answer they really should have gotten.

Level 81

Nov 24, 2018

Source?

Level 72

Nov 24, 2018

It is a bit nitpicky, but the directions say "in which the Sweden controlled any land." It should say either "in which the Swedes controlled," or "in which Sweden controlled."

Level ∞

Nov 25, 2018

Removed the the extra word

Level 74

Apr 8, 2021

the* extra word

Level 75

Nov 24, 2018

An astonishing quiz. I had no idea Sweden once spread so far and wide. As for Ghana, how come it's scoring more than about 2%?

+12

Level 74

Nov 25, 2018

having found a hole between Germany and Latvia that I couldn't fill in, I decided to type them all in alphabetical order and got it on the first attempt...

Level 82

Dec 4, 2018

With my extra time, it made sense that the next place they would go would be coastal Africa.

Level 63

Nov 26, 2018

Sweden had a colony in Tobago for a very short while as well!

Level ∞

Nov 30, 2018

Wikipedia has it as an "attempted settlement thwarted by the natives".

Level 82

Dec 4, 2018

Got all of them...except Sweden.

Level 71

Dec 8, 2018

Your not alone.....

Level 74

Apr 8, 2021

You're :)

Level 42

Dec 27, 2018

Sweden is 60% Hahahaha... whaaat :D

Level 40

Dec 27, 2018

yeet all them i got

Level 40

Dec 27, 2018

dont I sound like Shakespeare?

Level 65

Dec 27, 2018

DARN IT! I literally just thought about making a quiz about former Swedish Possessions and I saw this quiz 5 minutes later when I logged on. Well back to the drawing board.

Level 70

May 12, 2020

I once made a quiz about country flags with red, white, and blue, only to find the exact same thing about five minutes after I finished...

Level 60

Jan 6, 2019

Belarus and Ukraine

Level 21

Jan 25, 2019

Didn't know Sweden was part of African colonization

Level 47

Mar 3, 2019

I didn't knew that Ghana was colonised by Swedish Empire.Learn something new today!

Level 65

Mar 20, 2019

Got them all with 0:42 remaining at 2:36:12 PM on March 20, 2019. I happened to look up the Wikipedia article on the Swedish Empire today, and that made me decide to try this quiz again.

Level 80

May 13, 2019

Got Ghana, didn't get Sweden...

Level 55

May 13, 2019

Sweden 53% ?

Level 59

May 13, 2019

Interesting quiz. Learned something new today.

Level 36

May 13, 2019

Missed Ghana and... Sweden... oh.

Level 55

May 13, 2019

what about trinidad & tobago

and guadalupe in mexico?

Level 53

Jun 14, 2019

99% got norway but 53% got sweden. Intelligence is quite good actually. Countries once held by sweden. Sweden still owns sweden. You could change it to exclude sweden.

Level 60

Sep 22, 2019

doh - sweden - damn

I get Ghana, USA etc and forget Sweden

DUMBDUMBDUMBDUMBDUMB

Level 30

Aug 3, 2020

Don’t include the country it’s self!

Level 60

Aug 25, 2020

The wording of the caveat is not the best. I'm pretty sure they "controlled" parts of Belarus and Ukraine when they marched through them towards Poltava, for example. Maybe add some limitation on how long the land must have been held?

Level 52

Mar 18, 2021

I think Iceland should count, they were under the Kalmar Union together until 1523

Level 63

Jun 2, 2021

I knew Ghana because it was a polish colony :D

Level 55

Jun 16, 2021

how did i forget Sweden?