There is a heavy Swedish influence in Delaware, where the original Kalmar Nyckel originally landed, and where the current ship is based. Check out the flag of the City of Wilmington: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware. The flag of the city of Philadelphia is also inspired by Swedish blue.
The ship is based near "Old Swedes Church," named for obvious reasons. The original name of Wilmington was Fort Christina, named after Queen Christina, and the river that runs through it is still named the Christina River. In fact, the school district in my neighbourhood is also the Christina School District. There's a tonne more that I won't bore you with.
There is so much ground to cover here alright with over a million Swedes immigrating in a period 1870 to 1910 like many settled in Minnesota (The Minnesota Vikings lol), then add the Finns and then the Russians.... so before Ellis Island there was New Sweden.
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