Peter Gunnarsson Rambo

Peter Gunnarsson Rambo (born 10 June 1611 in Hisingen, Gothenburg, Sweden, dead 21 January 1698 in Wicaco, Pennsylvania, United States) was a Swedish immigrant to New Sweden who lived as a farmer and served as a justice on the Governor's Council. He was the longest living of the original settlers and became known as the Father of New Sweden.Rambo's Rock along the Schuylkill River is named for his family.

At the age of twenty-seven, Peter Gunnarsson sailed to New Sweden on the second voyage of the Kalmar Nyckel in 1639, the first voyage in which permanent settlers were aboard. Sometime after arrival in early 1640, he adopted the surname Rambo. It is likely that he came to New Sweden voluntarily. He was a tobacco planter for the New Sweden Trading Company on the company plantation just outside the fort and became a freeman by 1644. He sent a portion of his wages home to his father, Gunnar Petersson, and referred to himself (and others) as "We, ye antient (sic) Swedes," indicators that his ancestry was thoroughly Swedish. Gunnarsson means "son of Gunnar", an old first name of Swedish origin. Rambo married Brita Matsdotter from Vaasa, on 7 April 1647, after eight years in New Sweden and three years after he had become a freeman. They initially settled in Kingsessing, but moved by 1669 to Passyunk on the northeast side of the Schuylkill River.

Rambo was present when the Dutch besieged Fort Christina in 1654, serving as the deputy to the Swedish governor, Johan Rising. When the colony fell to the Dutch, Rambo was among the local settlers to meet with representatives from New Netherlands. In 1668, when the colony fell under English jurisdiction, Rambo became a member of the governor's council. In 1674, he was commissioned a justice of the peace.

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