Johan Risingh

Johan Classon Risingh (1617 in Risinge – 1672) was the last governor of the Swedish colony of New Sweden.





== Biography ==

Risingh was born in 1617 in Risinge, Östergötland, Sweden. His father was a pastor named Reverend Clas Botvidi. After gymnasium at Linköping, he attended the University of Uppsala and University of Leyden. From 1651 to 1653, he held the office of secretary of the Commercial College of Sweden under Erik Alexsson Oxenstierna. He wrote the first treatise on trade and economics ever compiled in Sweden in the autumn of 1653. Receiving knighthood, he set out from Sweden early in 1654, to take up his duties in New Sweden. Risingh was appointed assistant councilor of New Sweden under Governor Johan Printz.

Upon arrival in 1654, Risingh expressed concerns about the loss of Native alliances due to declining trade. This relationship was in decline due to rising hostilities over trade competition in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.