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The work on this fortification started about March 1, 1643 and as early as May 6, foreign vessels were compelled to strike their flags before its walls. It was called Fort Elfsborg in honor of the fortress at Gothenburg, Sweden [the old fortress built about the middle of the 13th Century] and the heaviest cannons of the Colony were planted on its bastions, "eight 12 lb. iron and brass guns and one mortar". A garrison of 13 soldiers, the largest in the settlement, was quartered there and Sven Skute, next in rank to Governor Printz, was placed in command.
The Monument is located outside the Elsinboro Township School, on the Ft. Elfsborg - Salem Road [Rd 625]
The Monument is donated by the City of Gothenburg in Sweden.and it is a stone block from Fort Elfsborg, just outside Gothenburg. [Elfsborgs Fästning - Göteborg] the New Fort Elfsborg built around 1670 on an island at the entrance to the harbour of Gothenburg.
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