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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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First submittedSeptember 3, 2012
Times taken34,722
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68 Comments
Sonko
+76
Level 34
Sep 14, 2012
How could I forget Sweden!!?? So obvious!!
redsplat
+86
Level 72
Nov 24, 2018
I assumed it was assumed :P
ctleng76
+25
Level 65
Jan 7, 2019
Same here. Sweden is assumed. It probably shouldn't be an answer.
tomwinkler95
+5
Level 73
Aug 27, 2019
tricky :D
Oatmeal11
+7
Level 78
Jun 24, 2021
The real question is how 47% of people forgot Sweden
PanAmerica
+2
Level 66
May 17, 2025
Because the quiz title states "Countries Once Held." The word "once" logically and linguistically excludes Sweden itself, which has continuously possessed its own territory. "Held by" also implies external possession, and the choice of "controlled" in the directions is also ambiguous, easily leading readers to infer external lands rather than governing their own land.
Zefyrinus
+7
Level 74
Nov 10, 2012
We used to have a Caribbean island called St. Bartholomew. But strangely I can't find it on Wikipedia...
kogatora
+30
Level 96
Nov 25, 2018
it is Saint Barthélemy which is part of France
Arii78
+3
Level 45
Mar 18, 2019
Oh, so that's the one I missed.
Vekoma
+5
Level 44
May 13, 2019
Yeah, it was given to Sweden in 1784 and then sold back to France in 1878.
HermanSilow
+9
Level 59
Jun 7, 2015
forgot Sweden..
tshalla
+24
Level 78
Dec 27, 2018
I didn't forget it. I just thought, given the wording of the instructions, that it wouldn't be necessary.
kw10001
+21
Level 58
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.

Sifhraven
+16
Level 76
May 14, 2019
Or people should just think, and not make up excuses
imfrombritain
+44
Level 39
Apr 20, 2018
its all north europe and then there's ghana
samiamco
+24
Level 68
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" 🎶
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Apr 30, 2022
+ the Caribbean
Algernon
+15
Level 74
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.
Djilas
+26
Level 86
Nov 26, 2018
You should've noticed by now that JetPunk is VERY pedantic, not just a bit :)
Sifhraven
+8
Level 76
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.
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 63
May 1, 2022
I agree it should be filled in, but it's pretty obvious it's going to be on the grid by the instructions.
sumguy
+3
Level 87
Nov 24, 2018
Source?
Jerry928
+7
Level 76
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%?
scambigol
+19
Level 80
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...
interopia
+3
Level 90
Dec 4, 2018
With my extra time, it made sense that the next place they would go would be coastal Africa.
Dontforget
+1
Level 76
Apr 8, 2025
I saw a map on some other quiz that showed which European powers controlled which regions of Africa and I saw that sweden was one of them
MarcoH
+2
Level 63
Nov 26, 2018
Sweden had a colony in Tobago for a very short while as well!
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Nov 30, 2018
Wikipedia has it as an "attempted settlement thwarted by the natives".
interopia
+2
Level 90
Dec 4, 2018
Got all of them...except Sweden.
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Dec 8, 2018
Your not alone.....
JackintheBox
+3
Level 82
Apr 8, 2021
You're :)
IXON009
+2
Level 37
Dec 27, 2018
Sweden is 60% Hahahaha... whaaat :D
abalaji
+2
Level 35
Dec 27, 2018
yeet all them i got
abalaji
+2
Level 35
Dec 27, 2018
dont I sound like Shakespeare?
HumanSapien
+1
Level 28
May 2, 2022
shekesper had iambic pentamiter, which hads 10 sylabls per line, that alternatment between stresed and unstresed. yu is halfway ther. (thums up sine here)
GeographyGeek42
+4
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.
TurkeyCookTime
+2
Level 85
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...
Urdaneta
+3
Level 59
Jan 6, 2019
Belarus and Ukraine
mbouchon
+2
Level 20
Jan 25, 2019
Didn't know Sweden was part of African colonization
Ertioooo
+2
Level 44
Mar 3, 2019
I didn't knew that Ghana was colonised by Swedish Empire.Learn something new today!
LincolnIsTheBestOne
+2
Level 64
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.
overtired
+2
Level 88
May 13, 2019
Got Ghana, didn't get Sweden...
JeanMichMich
+2
Level 55
May 13, 2019
Sweden 53% ?
CapitalAce
+2
Level 56
May 13, 2019
Interesting quiz. Learned something new today.
MimaYo
+2
Level 41
May 13, 2019
Missed Ghana and... Sweden... oh.
tazaja
+2
Level 58
May 13, 2019
what about trinidad & tobago

and guadalupe in mexico?

NorwegianQMaster
+4
Level 59
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.
dogmeat
+2
Level 69
Sep 22, 2019
doh - sweden - damn

I get Ghana, USA etc and forget Sweden

DUMBDUMBDUMBDUMBDUMB

Worldmaster
+3
Level 27
Aug 3, 2020
Don’t include the country it’s self!
FolgoreCZ
+2
Level 59
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?
JohnnyYeet
+2
Level 66
Mar 18, 2021
I think Iceland should count, they were under the Kalmar Union together until 1523
BorysPandov
+2
Level 67
Jun 2, 2021
I knew Ghana because it was a polish colony :D
JanMayen
+2
Level 52
Jun 16, 2021
how did i forget Sweden?
MD396
+2
Level 58
Apr 30, 2022
When was a part of the u.s. under Swedish rule?
xyzzy
+2
Level 72
Apr 30, 2022
Small parts of some states in the 1600s.
ponnuki
+3
Level 57
May 1, 2022
New Sweden (Delaware), from 1638 to 1655, when it was conquered by the Dutch from New Netherlands (New York)
i3ii
+2
Level 50
May 2, 2022
During the Thirty Years' War, Swedish troops controlled significant parts of the Czechia for some time.
Watfordfcfan
+3
Level 52
May 2, 2022
damn how i miss ghana super obvious
ScandinaviaAir2
+3
Level 16
May 2, 2022
Sweden Should be assumed
elcampeador
+2
Level 77
May 2, 2022
I'm Ghana regret this one
KanzazKyote
+2
Level 92
Aug 5, 2022
The map on wikipedia very clearly shows the coastline of Togo as well
Milk01022
+1
Level 35
Dec 18, 2022
got usa last second
FNWY4life
+2
Level 74
Jul 27, 2023
I love how Sweden is the second least guessed country
Nickelz
+2
Level 69
Apr 21, 2024
there is an outlier.
oompahloompah
+1
Level 33
Sep 17, 2024
The Swedes captured Prague in 1648.
Timbo
+2
Level 68
Oct 31, 2024
omg Sweden.......
DoktorApplejuce
+1
Level 76
Mar 27, 2025
Did they not hold parts of Ukraine? I know they were defeated by the Russians at Poltava in the Great Northern War, and Poltava is in Ukraine. Did they not capture any territory there along the way?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Feb 16, 2026
Woah Ghana was interesting, only one I missed
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