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Private company

Society of Suriname

Logo: Reinier Ottens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Dutch private company

The Society of Suriname (Dutch: Sociëteit van Suriname) was a Dutch private company, modelled on the ideas of Jean-Baptiste Colbert and set up on 21 May 1683 to profit from the management and defense of the Dutch Republic's colony of Suriname. It had three participants, with equal shares in the costs and benefits of the society: the city of Amsterdam, the family Van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, and the Dutch West India Company. Only through mutual consent could these shareholders withdraw from the society.2 It ceased to exist in 1795.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1683Founded1
  • HeadquartersVoetboogdoelen1

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Photo: The original uploader was T. Tichelaar at Dutch Wikipedia . ( Original text: nog onbekend ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Society of Suriname (Dutch: Sociëteit van Suriname) was a Dutch private company, modelled on the ideas of Jean-Baptiste Colbert and set up on 21 May 1683 to profit from the management and defense of the Dutch Republic's colony of Suriname. It had three participants, with equal shares in the costs and benefits of the society: the city of Amsterdam, the family Van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, and the Dutch West India Company. Only through mutual consent could these shareholders withdraw from the society.2

Corporate structure

Society of Suriname sits at the top of its group. 1 entity on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Society of Suriname Voetboogdoelen
    • Surinam Owned

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Society of Suriname reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Surinam

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Tweede Geoctroyeerde West-Indische compagnie

Also owns

  • Surinam

Former owners and parents

  • Amsterdam May 21, 1683 to 1795
  • Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck May 21, 1683 to 1770

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1795Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. May 21, 1683Acquired Acquired by Cornelis van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck1
  3. May 21, 1683Acquired Acquired by Amsterdam1
  4. 1683Founded Founded1

Sources

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