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Gustaf Wilhelm Schröder, also known as G. W. Schröder and Gustavus W. Schroeder (1821–1914) was a Swedish sailor, sea captain, emigration agent, author, and Baptist pioneer.

Life
Schröder was baptized in East River, New York, in 1844, and became a member of the Seamen's Bethel (later called the First Baptist Mariners' Church and Mariners' Temple). In 1845, during a stay in Gothenburg, Schröder met Fredrik Olaus (F. O.) Nilsson, who was a missionary for the American Seamen's Friend Society's missionary in Gothenburg at the time. In 1847, F. O. Nilsson was baptized in Hamburg.