Scandinavian colonialism and its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade is basically never discussed in Sweden, Norway, or Denmark. Least of all in the countries’ schoolbooks. How many slaves changed owners in the Swedish Saint Barthélemy? How many suffered on the journey across the Atlantic in shackles made of Swedish iron? How many were born in the Danish Caribbean or kidnapped to be shipped on Danish vessels? How many slaves were fed rations of dried Norwegian cod in the New World?
