Kamfanin Afirka na Sweden

**Kamfanin Afirka na Sweden** (Swedish: Svenska Afrikanska Kompaniet) wani kamfani ne na kasuwancin Sweden, wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1649 a kan yunƙurin Walloon - ɗan kasuwa na Holland Louis De Geer da ɗansa Laurens, wanda Sweden ta zama gida na biyu. Babban abin sha'awar kamfanin shine cinikin da ke kan gabar tekun Sweden, musamman cinikin 'yan Adam da za a sayar da su cikin bauta a cikin ƙasar Amurka.

## Tarihi
A cikin shekarar 1648 Yarjejeniyar De Geer kan fitar da tagulla ta Sweden ta ƙare. Tare da ɗansa Laurens, kuma tare da yarjejeniyar sarauta na Christina I na Sweden ya kafa Kamfanin Afirka na Sweden, amma ya ƙaura daga Gothenburg zuwa Stade. An kafa kamfanin ne bayan Hendrik Carloff, tsohon babban jami'in gudanarwa na Kamfanin Dutch West India Company, ya ba da taimakonsa, yana inganta kyakkyawar dangantakarsa da shugaban gida.

An ɗauki Carloff aiki na tsawon shekaru uku a matsayin kwamanda da darakta a albashin guilders ɗari da oza na zinari a kowane wata don biyan tuhume-tuhumen. Ya hau kan Elbe kuma daga nan ya tashi zuwa Afirka. Ya isa Gold Coast a ranar 22 ga watan Afrilu 1650. Carloff ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar siyan filaye tare da shugaban Efutu. An sami rikici tare da Kamfanin Kasuwancin Kasuwanci zuwa Guinea suna tattaunawa da Henniqua, ɗan uwan Sarkin Fetu game da wani wurin kasuwanci na Ingilishi. A ranar 28 ga watan Mayu 1650 duka Sweden da Ingila sun sanya hannu kan wata yarjejeniya tare da shugaban. Bature ya sami 'yancin yin ciniki na rabin shekara kawai. 

Carloff ya mallaki Butre a shekarar 1650, Annemabo a shekarar 1651 da Orsou a shekarar 1652. Lokacin da ya dawo a watan Satumba na 1652 a lokacin yakin Anglo-Dutch na farko, Carloff da jiragensa *Christina* da *Northcoping*, ko da yake masu tsaka-tsaki, sun shiga cikin rikici kuma an kama su kuma aka kai su Plymouth.  Jiragen sa na jigilar jakunkuna kusan ashirin na zinare da hakoran giwaye sama da 10,000.  An kai zoben zinare, sarƙoƙi da mundaye zuwa Hasumiyar London. A halin yanzu, mutanensa sun fara gina Fort Carolusborg kuma suka ci Tacory a shekarar 1653.A Sweden Carloff an ciyar &#x5B; &#x5D; ** kuma an yi masa jaki a ranar 3 ga watan Mayu 1654 a ƙarƙashin sunan Carloffer. Da alama ya mamaye Jumore (Fort Apollonia) da Cabo a cikin shekarar 1655. A cikin shekarar 1656 Turawan Holland sun sake kama Fort Batenstein. A shekarar 1656 an zarge Carloff da kasuwanci na sirri. Johann Philipp von Krusenstjerna (1626-1659) ya karbi muƙamin gwamna. Cikin ɓacin rai, Carloff ya bar yankin ya gudu zuwa Denmark a ranar 27 ga watan Maris 1657.

Daga nan ya kafa Kamfanin Danish na Afirka kuma ya kwato Carolusburg daga Swedes. Saboda yakin Dano-Swedish ya ba da umarnin sayar da Carolusborg ga mutanen Holland idan sansanin ya shiga cikin matsala.

Kafa duka Kamfanin Sweden da Danish na Afirka ya kamata a gani a cikin yanayin rashin kulawa na Kamfanin Yammancin Indiya na Dutch. Wannan kamfani ya yi fatara a cikin shekarar 1636 da 1647, kuma a ƙarshe an narkar da shi a cikin shekarar 1674.  Dukkanin kamfanonin Sweden da na Danish ’yan ƙasar Holland ne suka kafa su, waɗanda suka yi kokarin kaucewa mulkin mallaka na Kamfanin West India, kuma suka yi amfani da rashin tafiyar da kamfanin wajen samun riba ta sirri.

An soke Kamfanin Afirka ta Sweden a hukumance a cikin shekarar 1663, bayan Kamfanin Yammacin Indiya ya biya diyya ga Swedes.

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