New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige, Finnish:Uusi Ruotsi, Latin:Nova Svecia) was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in North America from 1638 to 1655 in the present-day American Mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, was the first settlement. Along with Swedes and Finns, a number of the settlers were Dutch. New Sweden was conquered by the Dutch in 1655, during the Second Northern War, and incorporated into New Netherland.