Compagnie suédoise des Indes orientales
The Swedish East India Company, "Ostindiska Kompaniet", began in 1731. The obvious choice of home port was Gothenburg at Sweden's west coast, the mouth of Göta älv river is very wide and has the county's largest and best harbour for high-seas journeys. The trade continued into the 19th century, and caused the little town to become Sweden's second city.