Boroughs and districts of Gothenburg

Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun), Sweden is subdivided into 10 stadsdelsnämndsområden (roughly "city district committee areas"). The term is often translated to borough. But they are really no boroughs, as they are no legal entities or juristic persons of their own, but organs of the central municipal administration. The members of the committees are appointed by the kommunfullmäktige (municipal assembly) and not by the electorates of the respective "boroughs". They therefore represent the political majority of the municipality as a whole.

Gothenburg previously had 20 boroughs, but after a decision in the municipal assembly in January 2010 some of the boroughs were merged, leaving a total of 10 boroughs. The merge were implemented on 1 January 2011.

Each "borough" is divided into a few officially defined residential districts (Swedish: primärområden). All in all there are 94 districts. These are usually created by natural neighbourhoods, but sometimes those consist of more than one traditional district.

The "boroughs" are responsible for, among other things, preschool, compulsory schooling, leisure, culture, social services, home-help service and care for the elderly.

Below is a list of all the "boroughs" in Gothenburg, as well as the official districts. Also included are traditional districts, where those are a part of an official district. The list of traditional districts are incomplete.

List of boroughs in Gothenburg after the 2011 merge

Western Gothenburg: Älvsborg (front), Tynnered (back right), Frölunda (back left)

Source:[1]

Eastern Gothenburg

Härlanda borough

Officially defined districts

Traditional districts

Örgryte borough

Officially defined districts

Other

References

  1. ↑ http://www.goteborg.se/wps/portal/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjU-9AJyMvYwMDSycXA6MQFxNDPwtTIyNzY6B8pFm8s7ujh4m5j4GBhYm7gYGniZO_n4dzoKGBpzEB3X4e-bmp-gW5EeUAW7fDzA!!/dl3/d3/L0lDU0lKSWdrbUEhIS9JRFJBQUlpQ2dBek15cXchLzRCRWo4bzBGbEdpdC1iWHBBRUEhLzdfMjVLUUIySjMwMDlCRDAyVEQ0MU44NTIyTjQvUjRDbFQ3NDI0MDAwNg!!/?WCM_PORTLET=PC_7_25KQB2J3009BD02TD41N8522N4000000_WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/goteborg.se/goteborg_se/politikoorganisation/organisation/stadsdelsforvaltningar/art_polorg_stadsdelsreformen