# Samuel Blommaert

> Samuel Blommaert was a Flemish-Dutch merchant and director of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) from 1622 to 1629 and again from 1636 to 1642. In the latter period, he was a paid commissioner of Sweden in the Netherlands and he played a dubious but key role in Peter Minuit's expedition that led to the Swedish colonisation of New Sweden. For years Blommaert was involved in the copper trade and industry. In 1645 he was appointed for a third time as a manager of the WIC, being one of the main investors from the beginning.

*Flemish-Dutch merchant (1583-1654)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Born:** 1583
- **Died:** 1654
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Samuel Blommaert was a Flemish-Dutch merchant and director of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) from 1622 to 1629 and again from 1636 to 1642. In the latter period, he was a paid commissioner of Sweden in the Netherlands and he played a dubious but key role in Peter Minuit's expedition that led to the Swedish colonisation of New Sweden. For years Blommaert was involved in the copper trade and industry. In 1645 he was appointed for a third time as a manager of the WIC, being one of the main investors from the beginning.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 4.8 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 2.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 26.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 66.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Samuel Blommaert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Blommaert)
- [Samuel Blommaert](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Blommaert)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1880251)

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