Fogel Grip
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Fogel Grip was a Swedish sailing ship originally built in the Netherlands in the early 17th century. She was used on the first Swedish expedition in 1638 together with Kalmar Nyckel to establish the c
Samuel Blommaert (1583-1651)
Gloria Dei Church, known locally as Old Swedes', is a historic church located in the Southwark neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 929 South Water Street, bounded by Christian Street on the
Fogel Grip
…1639, Fogel Grip was shipwrecked on a sand shoal in Gothenburg harbor during a storm and abandoned. Models of Fogel Grip and Kalmar Nyckel are kept at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1938 the Swedish mail issued a commemorative stamp of both ships…
The church in March 2014
The Reverend Jehu Curtis Clay in the churchyard (c.1860)
Part of the church's graveyard in 2014
Church interior with balcony and organ