Gothenburg

Gothenburg
Göteborg

From left to right: First row: Göta älv with Barken Viking to the left. Second row: The Göteborg Opera and Gunnebo House. Third row: Poseidon at Götaplatsen and Gothia Towers including Svenska Mässan. 4th row: Gothenburg heritage tram and Elfsborg Fortress. 5th row: Ullevi stadium.

Coat of arms

Nickname(s):

  • Little London
  • Gbg
  • New Amsterdam
  • The front side of Sweden

Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°58′E / 57.700°N 11.967°E / 57.700; 11.967Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°58′E / 57.700°N 11.967°E / 57.700; 11.967
Country Sweden
Province Västergötland and Bohuslän
County Västra Götaland County
Municipality Gothenburg Municipality
Charter 1621
Area[1]
 • City 447.76 km2 (172.88 sq mi)
 • Water 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi)  3.2%
 • Urban 203.67 km2 (78.64 sq mi)
 • Metro 3,694.86 km2 (1,426.59 sq mi)
Elevation 12 m (39 ft)
Population (2016)[1][2]
 • City 572,779
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
 • Urban 558,638
 • Urban density 2,700/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
 • Metro 1,001,032[3]
Demonym(s) Göteborgare
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 40xxx – 41xxx – 421xx – 427xx
Area code(s) (+46) 31
Website

Gothenburg (English: /ˈɡɒθənbɜːrɡ/;[4] Swedish: Göteborg, pronounced [jœtɛˈbɔrj])[5] is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, the city has a population of approximately 580,000 in the urban area and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.[1]

Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the then-ongoing Thirty Years' War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv, where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries.[6]

Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Volvo was founded in Gothenburg in 1927.[7] The original, parent Volvo Group and the now separate Volvo Car Corporation are still headquartered on the island of Hisingen in the city. Other key companies are SKF and Astra Zeneca.

Gothenburg is served by Göteborg Landvetter Airport 30 km (18.64 mi) southeast of the city center. The smaller Göteborg City Airport, 15 km (9.32 mi) from the city center, was closed to regular airline traffic in 2015.

The city hosts some of the largest annual events in Scandinavia. The Gothenburg Film Festival, held in January since 1979, is the leading Scandinavian film festival with over 155,000 visitors each year.[8] In summer, a wide variety of music festivals are held in the city, such as Way Out West and Metaltown.

Name

The city was named after the Geats (Swedish: Götar varied: Geatas, Gautar, Goths, Gotar, Gøtar), the inhabitants of Gothia, now southern Sweden—i.e. "Geat Castle".[9][10][11] The river on which the city sits is the Göta älv or Gothia River. Göta borg "Gothia Fortress" is the fort on the Göta Älv, built to protect the port.

In Dutch, Scots, and English, all languages with a long history in this trade and maritime-oriented city, the name Gothenburg is used for the city. The French form of the city name is Gothembourg, but in French texts, the Swedish name Göteborg is more frequent. "Gothenburg" can also be seen in some older English texts. In Spanish and Portuguese the city is called Gotemburgo. These traditional forms are sometimes replaced with the use of the Swedish Göteborg, for example by The Göteborg Opera and the Göteborg Ballet. However, Göteborgs universitet, previously designated as the Göteborg University in English, changed its name to the University of Gothenburg in 2008.[12] The Gothenburg municipality has also reverted to the use of the English name in international contexts.[13]

In 2009, the city council launched a new logotype for Gothenburg. Since the name "Göteborg" contains the Swedish letter "ö" the idea was to make the name more international and up to date by "turning" the "ö" sideways. As of 2015, the name is spelled "Go:teborg" on a large number of signs in the city.[14]

View over Gustav Adolfs torg, square named after Gustavus Adolphus, the founding father of Gothenburg

History

Gothenburg, circa 1700 from Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna

In the early modern period, the configuration of Sweden's borders made Gothenburg strategically critical as the only Swedish gateway to the North Sea and Atlantic, situated on the west coast in a very narrow strip of Swedish territory between Danish Halland in the south and Norwegian Bohuslän in the north. After several failed attempts, Gothenburg was successfully founded in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus (Gustaf II Adolf).[15]

The site of the first church built in Gothenburg, subsequently destroyed by Danish invaders, is marked by a stone near the north end of the Älvsborg Bridge in the Färjenäs Park. The church was built in 1603 and destroyed in 1611.[16] The city was heavily influenced by the Dutch, Germans, and Scots, and Dutch planners and engineers were contracted to construct the city as they had the skills needed to drain and build in the marshy areas chosen for the city. The town was designed like Dutch cities such as Amsterdam, Batavia (Jakarta) and New Amsterdam (Manhattan).[15] The planning of the streets and canals of Gothenburg closely resembled that of Jakarta, which was built by the Dutch around the same time.[17] The Dutchmen initially won political power, and it was not until 1652, when the last Dutch politician in the city's council died, that Swedes acquired political power over Gothenburg.[18] During the Dutch period, the town followed Dutch town laws and Dutch was proposed as the official language in the town. Robust city walls were built during the 17th century. In 1807, a decision was made to tear down most of the city's wall. The work started in 1810, and was carried out by 150 soldiers from the Bohus regiment.[19]

Along with the Dutch, the town also was heavily influenced by Scots who settled down in Gothenburg. Many became people of high-profile.[20] William Chalmers, the son of a Scottish immigrant, donated his fortunes to set up what later became the Chalmers University of Technology.[21] In 1841, the Scotsman Alexander Keiller founded the Götaverken shipbuilding company that was in business until 1989.[22] His son James Keiller donated Keiller Park to the city in 1906.[23]

The Gothenburg coat of arms was based on the lion of the coat of arms of Sweden, symbolically holding a shield with the national emblem, the Three Crowns, to defend the city against its enemies.[24]

Swedes emigrating to the Americas from Gothenburg

In the Treaty of Roskilde (1658), Denmark–Norway ceded the then Danish province Halland, in the south, and the Norwegian province of Bohus County or Bohuslän in the north, leaving Gothenburg less exposed. Gothenburg was able to grow into a significant port and trade centre on the west coast, because it was the only city on the west coast that, along with Marstrand, was granted the rights to trade with merchants from other countries.[18]

1888 map of Gothenburg

In the 18th century, fishing was the most important industry. However, in 1731, the Swedish East India Company was founded, and the city flourished due to its foreign trade with highly profitable commercial expeditions to China.[25]

The harbour developed into Sweden's main harbour for trade towards the west, and when Swedish emigration to the United States increased, Gothenburg became Sweden's main point of departure for these travelers. The impact of Gothenburg as a main port of embarkation for Swedish emigrants is reflected by Gothenburg, Nebraska, a small Swedish settlement in the United States.[26]

With the 19th century, Gothenburg evolved into a modern industrial city that continued on into the 20th century. The population increased tenfold in the century, from 13,000 (1800) to 130,000 (1900).,[27][28][29] In the 20th century, major companies that developed included SKF (1907)[30] and Volvo (1927).[31]

Panoramic view of Gothenburg's downtown coast line.

Geography

Gothenburg viewed from space

Gothenburg is located on the west coast, in southwestern Sweden, about halfway between the capitals Copenhagen, Denmark, and Oslo, Norway. The location at the mouth of the Göta älv, which feeds into Kattegatt, an arm of the North Sea, has helped the city grow in significance as a trading city. The archipelago of Gothenburg consists of rough, barren rocks and cliffs, which also is typical for the coast of Bohuslän.[32] Due to the Gulf Stream, the city has a mild climate and moderately heavy precipitation.[33] It is the second-largest city in Sweden after capital Stockholm.[34]

View from Älvsborg Bridge

The Gothenburg Metropolitan Area (Stor-Göteborg) has 982,360 inhabitants and extends to the municipalities of Ale, Alingsås, Göteborg, Härryda, Kungälv, Lerum, Lilla Edet, Mölndal, Partille, Stenungsund, Tjörn, Öckerö in Västra Götaland County, and Kungsbacka in Halland County.[35]

Angered, a suburb outside Gothenburg, consists of Hjällbo, Eriksbo, Rannebergen, Hammarkullen, Gårdsten, and Lövgärdet.[36] It is a Million Programme part of Gothenburg, like Rosengård in Malmö and Botkyrka in Stockholm.[37] Angered had about 50,000 inhabitants in 2015.[38][?] It lies north of Gothenburg and is isolated from the rest of the city. Bergsjön is another Million Programme suburb north of Gothenburg, it has 14,000 inhabitants. Biskopsgården is the biggest multicultural suburb on the island of Hisingen, which is a part of Gothenburg but separated from the city by the river.

A panorama of central Gothenburg taken from Keillers park, facing south – from left to right: Göta älvbron, Lilla Bommen, Viking, The Göteborg Opera in front of Göteborgshjulet, Skansen Kronan, Oscar Fredrik Church, Masthugg Church, and Älvsborg Bridge

Climate

Gothenburg has an oceanic climate[39] according to Köppen climate classification. Despite its northern latitude, temperatures are quite mild throughout the year and warmer than places in similar latitude, for example Stockholm, or even somewhat further south, mainly because of the moderating influence of the warm Gulf Stream.[33] During the summer, daylight extends 18 hours and 5 minutes, but lasts 6 hours and 32 minutes in late December. The climate has become significantly milder in later decades, particularly in summer and winter; July temperatures used to be below Stockholm's 1961–1990 averages, but have since been warmer than that benchmark.

Summers are warm and pleasant with average high temperatures of 19 to 20 °C (66 to 68 °F) and lows of 10 to 12 °C (50 to 54 °F), but temperatures of 25–30 °C (77–86 °F) occur on many days during the summer. Winters are cold and windy with temperatures of around −3 to 3 °C (27 to 37 °F), though it rarely drops below −15 °C (5 °F). Precipitation is regular but generally moderate throughout the year. Snow mainly occurs from December to March, but is not unusual in November and April and can sometimes occur even in October and May, in extreme cases even in September.[40]

Climate data for Gothenburg, 2002–2015; precipitation 1961–1990; extremes since 1901
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10.8
(51.4)		 11.2
(52.2)		 18.9
(66)		 28.5
(83.3)		 29.8
(85.6)		 32.0
(89.6)		 33.8
(92.8)		 33.5
(92.3)		 28.5
(83.3)		 20.7
(69.3)		 14.5
(58.1)		 12.7
(54.9)		 33.8
(92.8)
Average high °C (°F) 2.5
(36.5)		 2.8
(37)		 6.6
(43.9)		 12.5
(54.5)		 16.8
(62.2)		 19.9
(67.8)		 22.7
(72.9)		 21.9
(71.4)		 18.0
(64.4)		 12.0
(53.6)		 7.7
(45.9)		 4.2
(39.6)		 12.3
(54.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.3
(32.5)		 0.4
(32.7)		 3.1
(37.6)		 8.1
(46.6)		 12.6
(54.7)		 15.9
(60.6)		 18.8
(65.8)		 18.5
(65.3)		 14.4
(57.9)		 9.1
(48.4)		 5.5
(41.9)		 2.0
(35.6)		 9.0
(48.2)
Average low °C (°F) −1.9
(28.6)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 3.7
(38.7)		 8.3
(46.9)		 11.8
(53.2)		 14.8
(58.6)		 14.2
(57.6)		 10.7
(51.3)		 6.1
(43)		 3.2
(37.8)		 −0.1
(31.8)		 5.7
(42.3)
Record low °C (°F) −26.0
(−14.8)		 −22.8
(−9)		 −19.2
(−2.6)		 −11.0
(12.2)		 −4.3
(24.3)		 1.8
(35.2)		 5.3
(41.5)		 3.5
(38.3)		 −2.5
(27.5)		 −8.5
(16.7)		 −13.5
(7.7)		 −21.9
(−7.4)		 −26.0
(−14.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 68
(2.68)		 41
(1.61)		 54
(2.13)		 42
(1.65)		 48
(1.89)		 59
(2.32)		 72
(2.83)		 74
(2.91)		 84
(3.31)		 87
(3.43)		 87
(3.43)		 75
(2.95)		 791
(31.14)
Average precipitation days 15 12 10 12 10 12 14 14 16 15 16 17 163
Mean monthly sunshine hours 45 68 163 211 238 253 232 200 167 100 46 33 1,756
Source #1: [41]
Source #2: [42]

Parks and nature

A view in the Gothenburg Botanical Garden

Gothenburg has several parks and nature reserves ranging in size from tens of square metres to hundreds of hectares. It also has many green areas that are not designated as parks or reserves.

Selection of parks:

Architecture

Many buildings in the old part of the city were built along canals.

Very few houses are left from the 17th century when the city was founded, since all but the military and royal houses were built of wood.[52] A rare exception is the Skansen Kronan.[53]

The first major architecturally interesting period is the 18th century when the East India Company made Gothenburg an important trade city. Imposing stone houses in Neo-Classical style were erected around the canals. One example from this period is the East India House, which today houses the Göteborg City Museum.[54]

In the 19th century, the wealthy bourgeoisie began to move outside the city walls which had protected the city. The style now was an eclectic, academic, somewhat overdecorated style which the middle-class favoured. The working class lived in the overcrowded city district Haga in wooden houses.[55]

In the 19th century, the first comprehensive town plan after the founding of city was created, which led to the construction of the main street, Kungsportsavenyen.[56] Perhaps the most significant type of houses of the city, Landshövdingehusen, were built in the end of the 19th century – three-storey houses with the first floor in stone and the other two in wood.[57]

The early 20th century, characterized by the National Romantic style, was rich in architectural achievements.[55] Masthugg Church is a noted example of the style of this period.[58][59] In the early 1920s, on the city's 300th anniversary, the Götaplatsen square with its Neoclassical look was built.[55]

After this, the predominant style in Gothenburg and rest of Sweden was Functionalism which especially dominated the suburbs such as Västra Frölunda and Bergsjön. The Swedish functionalist architect Uno Åhrén served as city planner from 1932 through 1943.[55] In the 1950s, the big stadium Ullevi was built when Sweden hosted the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[60]

The modern architecture of the city has been formed by such architects as Gert Wingårdh,[61] who started as a Post-modernist in the 1980s.[62]

Gustaf Adolf Square is a town square located in central Gothenburg. Noted buildings on the square include Gothenburg City Hall (formerly the stock exchange, opened in 1849) and the Nordic Classicism law court. The main canal of Gothenburg also flanks the square.[55]

Characteristic buildings

Skanskaskrapan

The Gothenburg Central Station is in the centre of the city, next to Nordstan and Drottningtorget.[63] The building has been renovated and expanded numerous times since the grand opening in October 1858. In 2003, a major reconstruction was finished which brought the 19th-century building into the 21st century expanding the capacity for trains, travellers, and shopping.[64] Not far from the central station is the Skanskaskrapan, or more commonly known as "The Lipstick". It is 86 m (282 ft) high with 22 floors and coloured in red-white stripes. The skyscraper was designed by Ralph Erskine and built by Skanska in the late 1980s as the headquarters for the company.[65]

By the shore of the Göta Älv at Lilla Bommen is The Göteborg Opera. It was completed in 1994. The architect Jan Izikowitz was inspired by the landscape and described his vision as "Something that makes your mind float over the squiggling landscape like the wings of a seagull."[66]

Feskekörka

Feskekörka, or Fiskhallen, is an indoor fishmarket by the Rosenlundskanalen in central Gothenburg. Feskekörkan was opened on 1 November 1874 and its name from the building's resemblance to a Gothic church.[67] The Gothenburg city hall is in the Beaux-Arts architectural style. The Gothenburg Synagogue at Stora Nygatan, near Drottningtorget, was built in 1855 according to the designs of the German architect August Krüger.[68]

The Gunnebo House is a country house located to the south of Gothenburg, in Mölndal. It was built in a neoclassical architecture towards the end of the 18th century.[69] Created in the early 1900s was the Vasa Church. It is located in Vasastan and is built of granite in a neo-Romanesque style.[70]

Another noted construction is Brudaremossen TV Tower, one of the few partially guyed towers in the world.[71]

Culture

The Poseidon Statue at Götaplatsen, a well-known cultural symbol and landmark

The sea, trade, and industrial history of the city is evident in the cultural life of Gothenburg. It is also a popular destination for tourists on the Swedish west coast.

Museums

Many of the cultural institutions, as well as hospitals and the university, were created by donations from rich merchants and industrialists, for example the Röhsska Museum.[72] On 29 December 2004, the Museum of World Culture opened near Korsvägen.[73][74] Museums include the Gothenburg Museum of Art, and several museums of sea and navigation history, natural history, the sciences, and East India.[75] Aeroseum, close to the Göteborg City Airport, is an aircraft museum in a former military underground air force base.[76] The Volvo museum has exhibits of the history of Volvo and the development from 1927 until today. Products shown include cars, trucks, marine engines, and buses.[77]

Universeum is a public science centre that opened in 2001, the largest of its kind in Scandinavia. It is divided into six sections, each containing experimental workshops and a collection of reptiles, fish, and insects.[78] Universeum occasionally host debates between Swedish secondary-school students and Nobel Prize laureates or other scholars.[79]

Leisure and entertainment

Liseberg amusement park

The most noted attraction is the amusement park Liseberg, located in the central part of the city. It is the largest amusement park in Scandinavia by number of rides,[80] and was chosen as one of the top ten amusement parks in the world (2005) by Forbes.[81] It is the most popular attraction in Sweden by number of visitors per year (more than 3 million).[82]

There are a number of independent theatre ensembles in the city, besides institutions such as Gothenburg City Theatre, Backa Theatre (youth theatre), and Folkteatern.[83]

The main boulevard is called Kungsportsavenyn (commonly known as Avenyn, "The Avenue"). It is about 1 km (0.62 mi) long and starts at Götaplatsen — which is the location of the Gothenburg Museum of Art, the city's theatre, and the city library, as well as the concert hall— and stretches all the way to Kungsportsplatsen in the old city centre of Gothenburg, crossing a canal and a small park.[84] The Avenyn was created in the 1860s and 1870s as a result of an international architecture contest, and is the product of a period of extensive town planning and remodelling.[85] Avenyn has Gothenburg's highest concentration of pubs and clubs. Sweden's largest shopping centre, Nordstan, is located in central Gothenburg.[82]

The Haga district

Gothenburg's Haga district is known for its picturesque wooden houses[82] and its cafés serving the well-known Haga bulle – a large cinnamon roll similar to the kanelbulle.[86]

Five Gothenburg restaurants have a star in the 2008 Michelin Guide: 28 +, Basement, Fond, Kock & Vin, Fiskekrogen, and Sjömagasinet.[87] The city has a number of star chefs – over the past decade, seven of the Swedish Chef of the Year awards have been won by people from Gothenburg.[88]

The Gustavus Adolphus pastry, eaten every 6 November in Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus Day, is especially connected to, and appreciated in, Gothenburg because the city was founded by King Gustavus Adolphus.[89]

One of Gothenburg's most popular natural tourist attractions is the Southern Gothenburg Archipelago, which is a set of several islands that can be reached by ferry boats mainly operating from Saltholmen. Within the archipelago are the Älvsborg fortress, Vinga and Styrsö islands.[82]

Festivals and fairs

Discussion by Nanna Ullman (1957) in front of the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre

The annual Gothenburg Film Festival, is the largest film festival in Scandinavia.[90] The Gothenburg Book Fair, held each year in September.[91]

The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is an annual festival since April 1997, in central Gothenburg with thought-provoking science activities for the public. The festival is visited by about 100,000 people each year.[92] This makes it the largest popular-science event in Sweden[93] and one of the leading popular-science events in Europe.[94]

Citing the financial crisis, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions moved the 2010 World Library and Information Congress, previously to be held in Brisbane, Australia, to Gothenburg. The event took place on 10–15 August 2010.[95]

Music

Entrance to the Way Out West Festival

Gothenburg has a diverse music community—the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is the best-known in classical music.[96] Gothenburg also was the birthplace of the Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg.[97] The first internationally successfully Swedish group, instrumental rock group The Spotnicks came from Gothenburg.[98] Bands such as The Soundtrack of Our Lives[99] and Ace of Base are well-known pop representatives of the city.[100] There is also an active indie scene in Gothenburg. For example, the musician Jens Lekman was born in the suburb of Angered[101] and named his 2007 release Night Falls Over Kortedala after another suburb, Kortedala.[102] Other internationally acclaimed indie artists include the electro pop duos Studio,[103] The Knife,[104] Air France,[105] The Tough Alliance,[106] songwriter José González,[107] and pop singer El Perro del Mar,[108] as well as genre-bending quartet Little Dragon fronted by vocalist Yukimi Nagano.[109] Another son of the city is one of Sweden's most popular singers, Håkan Hellström, who often includes many places from the city in his songs.[110][111] The glam rock group Supergroupies derives from Gothenburg.[112]

Gothenburg's own commercially successful At the Gates, In Flames, and Dark Tranquillity are credited with pioneering melodic death metal.[113] Other well-known bands of the Gothenburg scene are thrash metal band The Haunted,[114] progressive power metal band Evergrey,[115] and power metal bands HammerFall and Dream Evil.[116]

Many music festivals take place in the city every year. The Metaltown Festival is a two-day festival featuring heavy metal music bands, held in Gothenburg. It has been arranged annually since 2004, taking place at the Frihamnen venue.[117] In June 2012, the festival included bands such as In Flames, Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Lamb of God, and Mastodon.[118] Another popular festival, Way Out West, focuses more on rock, electronic, and hip-hop genres.[119][120]

The 3D-animated anthropomorphic blue frog known as Crazy Frog originally hails from Gothenburg. The eurodance act marketed to children gained some brief success on several international music charts in the mid-2000s.[121]

Sports

Fireworks at the opening ceremony of Gothia Cup

As in all of Sweden, a variety of sports are followed, including football, ice hockey, basketball, handball, baseball, and figure skating. A varied amateur and professional sports clubs scene exists.[122]

Gothenburg is the birthplace of football in Sweden as the first football match in Sweden was played there in 1892.[123] The city's three major football clubs, IFK Göteborg, Örgryte IS, and GAIS[124] share a total of 34 Swedish championships between them.[125] IFK has also won the UEFA Cup twice.[126] Other notable clubs include BK Häcken (football),[127] Pixbo Wallenstam IBK (floorball),[128] multiple national handball champion Redbergslids IK,[129] and four-time national ice hockey champion Frölunda HC,[130] Gothenburg had a professional basketball team, Gothia Basket, until 2010 when it ceased.[131] The bandy department of GAIS, GAIS Bandy, played the first season in the highest division Elitserien last season. The group stage match between the main rivals Sweden and Russia in the 2013 Bandy World Championship was played at Arena Heden in central Gothenburg.[132]

The city's most notable sports venues are Scandinavium,[133] and Ullevi (multisport) and the newly built Gamla Ullevi[134] (football).

The 2003 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in Rudhallen, Sweden's only indoor speed-skating arena.[135] It is a part of Ruddalens IP, which also has a bandy field and several football fields.[136]

The only Swedish heavyweight champion of the world in boxing, Ingemar Johansson, who took the title from Floyd Paterson in 1959, was from Gothenburg.[137]

Boats at Saltholmen in the Gothenburg Archipelago

Gothenburg has hosted a number of international sporting events including the 1958 FIFA World Cup,[60] the 1983 European Cup Winners' Cup Final,[138] an NFL preseason game on 14 August 1988 between the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings,[139] the 1992 European Football Championship, the 1993[140] and the 2002 World Men's Handball Championship,[141] the 1995 World Championships in Athletics,[142] the 1997 World Championships in Swimming (short track),[143] the 2002 Ice Hockey World Championships,[141] the 2004 UEFA Cup final,[144] the 2006 European Championships in Athletics,[145] and the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.[146] Annual events held in the city are the Gothia Cup[147] and the Göteborgsvarvet.[148] The annual Gothia Cup, is the world's largest football tournament with regards to the number of participants: in 2011, a total of 35,200 players from 1,567 teams and 72 nations participated.

Gothenburg hosted the XIII FINA World Masters Championships in 2010.[149] Diving, swimming, synchronized swimming and open-water competitions were held on 28 July to 7 August. The water polo events were played on the neighboring city of Borås.[150]

Gothenburg is also home to the Gothenburg Sharks, a professional baseball team in the Elitserien division of baseball in Sweden.[151]

With around 25,000 sailboats and yachts scattered about the city, sailing is a popular sports activity in the region, particularly because of the nearby Gothenburg Archipelago.[152] In June 2015, the Volvo Ocean Race, professional sailing's leading crewed offshore race, concluded in Gothenburg,[153] as well as an event in the 2015–2016 America's Cup World Series in August 2015.[154]

Economy

SKF Wingquist self-aligning bearing

Due to Gothenburg's advantageous location in the centre of Scandinavia, trade and shipping have always played a major role in the city's economic history, and they continue to do so. Gothenburg port has come to be the largest harbour in Scandinavia.[6]

Apart from trade, the second pillar of Gothenburg has traditionally been manufacturing and industry, which significantly contributes to the city's wealth.[155] Major companies operating plants in the area include SKF, Volvo, and Ericsson. Volvo Cars is the largest employer in Gothenburg, not including jobs in supply companies. The blue-collar industries which have dominated the city for long are still important factors in the city's economy, but they are being gradually replaced by high-tech industries.[156][157]

Banking and finance are also important, as well as the event and tourist industry.[6]

Gothenburg is the terminus of the Valdemar-Göteborg gas pipeline, which brings natural gas from the North Sea fields to Sweden, through Denmark.[158]

Historically, Gothenburg was home base from the 18th century of the Swedish East India Company.[159] From its founding until the late 1970s, the city was a world leader in shipbuilding, with such shipyards as Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad, Götaverken, Arendalsvarvet, and Lindholmens varv.[160] Gothenburg is classified as a global city by GaWC, with a ranking of Gamma−.[161] The city has been ranked as the 12th-most inventive city in the world by Forbes.[162]

Government

Gothenburg became a city municipality with an elected city council when the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863.[163] The municipality has an assembly consisting of 81 members,[164] elected every fourth year.[165] Political decisions depend on citizens considering them legitimate. Political legitimacy can be based on various factors: legality, due process, and equality before the law, as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of public policy. One method used to achieve greater legitimacy for controversial policy reforms such as congestion charges is to allow citizens to decide or advise on the issue in public referendums. In December 2010 a petition for a local referendum on the congestion tax, signed by 28,000 citizens, was submitted to the City Council. This right to submit so-called “people's initiatives” was inscribed in the Local Government Act, which obliged local governments to hold a local referendum if petitioned by 5% of the citizens unless the issue was deemed to be outside their area of jurisdiction or if a majority in the City Council voted against holding such a referendum.[166] A second petition for a referendum, signed by 57,000 citizens, was submitted to the local government in February 2013. This petition followed a campaign organised by a local newspaper – Göteborgs Tidningen – whose editor-in-chief argued that the paper's involvement was justified by the large public response to a series of articles on the congestion tax, as well as out of concern for the local democracy.[167][166]

Proportion of foreign born

Largest groups of foreign residents[168]
Nationality Population (2014)
 Iraq 11,872
 Iran 11,706
 Somalia 6,912
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,863
 Finland 6,793
 Poland 5,757
 Turkey 4,441
 Hungary 4,000
 Syria 3,361
 China 3,066
 Germany 2,832
 Romania 1,789

Gothenburg has a population of people born in Sweden of around 75%.[169] Like most Swedish metropolitan areas, the city has a sizeable immigrant population.[170] According to Statistics Sweden in 2016, 140,093 foreign born people resided in Gothenburg, which is about 25% of the population.[171]

Education

Gothenburg has two universities, both of which started as colleges founded by private donations in the 19th century. The University of Gothenburg has about 25,000 students and is one of the largest universities in Scandinavia,[172] and one of the most versatile in Sweden. Chalmers University of Technology is a well-known university located in Johanneberg 2 km (1 mi) south of the inner city, lately also established at Lindholmen in Norra Älvstranden, Hisingen.[173]

In 2015, there were ten folk high schools in Gothenburg: Agnesbergs folkhögskola, Arbetarrörelsens folkhögskola i Göteborg, Finska folkhögskolan, Folkhögskolan i Angered, Göteborgs folkhögskola, Kvinnofolkhögskolan, Mo Gård folkhögskola, S:ta Birgittas folkhögskola, Västra Götalands folkhögskolor and Wendelsbergs folkhögskola.[174]

In 2015, there were 49 high schools Gothenburg. Some of the more notable schools are Sigrid Rudebecks gymnasium, Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet, Göteborgs Högre Samskola, Mikael Elias Teoretiska Gymnasium, Polhemsgymnasiet and Donnergymnasiet. Some high-schools are also connected to big Swedish companies. One is SKF Technical high-school (belonging to SKF) and Gothenburg's technical high-school (belonging to Volvo). An international school with campuses in Guldheden and central Gothenburg is called the International School of the Gothenburg Region.[175]

Transport

Public transport

Gothenburg's trams

With over 80 km (50 mi) of double track, the Gothenburg tram network covers most of the city and it is the largest tram/light rail network in Scandinavia. The bus network, however, is almost as important. There are also some boat and ferry services. The lack of a subway is due to the soft ground on which Gothenburg is situated. Tunneling is very expensive in such conditions.[176] The Gothenburg commuter rail with three lines services some nearby cities and towns.[177]

Rail and intercity bus

Other major transportation hubs are Centralstationen (Gothenburg Central Station) and the Nils Ericson Terminal with trains and buses to various destinations in Sweden, as well as connections to Oslo and Copenhagen (via Malmö).[178]

Air

Map showing the locations of airports around Gothenburg

There is one operational international airport in Gothenburg: Göteborg Landvetter Airport (IATA: GOT, ICAO: ESGG) is located 20 km (12 mi) east of Gothenburg, and is the largest international airport serving the Gothenburg region in Sweden. With 4.9 million passengers in 2011, it is Sweden's second-largest airport.[179] It is operated by the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration. It has connections with about 40 scheduled destinations.[180]

Göteborg City Airport (IATA: GSE, ICAO: ESGP) is closed. On 13 January 2015, Swedish airport operator Swedavia announced that Göteborg City Airport will not reopen for commercial services following an extensive rebuild of the airport started in November 2014, citing that the cost of making the airport viable for commercial operations again was too high, at 250 million kronor ($31 million). Commercial operations will be gradually wound down.[181] The airport was located 10 km (6 mi) northwest of the city centre. It was formerly known as Säve Flygplats. It is located within the borders of Gothenburg Municipality. In addition to commercial airlines, the airport was also operated by a number of rescue services, including the Swedish Coast Guard, and was used for other general aviation.[182] Most civil air traffic to Göteborg City Airport was via low-cost airlines such as Ryanair and Wizz Air. Those companies have now been relocated to Landvetter Airport.[183]

Sea

Gothenburg harbour seen from the Älvsborg bridge, seen to the left is the ship HSS Stena Carisma and to the right MS Stena Scandinavica (1983).

The Swedish company Stena Line operates between Gothenburg/Frederikshavn in Denmark and Gothenburg/Kiel in Germany.[184]

The "England ferry" (Englandsfärjan) to Newcastle over Kristiansand (run by the Danish company DFDS Seaways) ceased at the end of October 2006,[185] after being a Gothenburg institution since the 19th century.[186] DFDS Seaways' sister company, DFDS Tor Line, continues to run scheduled cargo ships between Gothenburg and several English ports, and these used to have limited capacity for passengers and their private vehicles. Also freight ships to North America and East Asia leave from the port.[187]

Freight

Gothenburg is an intermodal logistics hub and Gothenburg harbour has access to Sweden and Norway via rail and trucks. Gothenburg harbour is the largest port in Scandinavia with a cargo turnover of 36.9 million tonnes per year in 2004.[188]

Notable people

Kal and Ada at Liseberg

Two of the noted people from Gothenburg are fictional, but have become synonymous with "people from Gothenburg". They are a working class couple called Kal and Ada, featured in "Gothenburg jokes" (göteborgsvitsar), songs, plays and names of events.[189][190] Each year two persons who have significantly contributed to culture in the city are given the honorary titles of "Kal and Ada".[191] A bronze statue of the couple made by Svenrobert Lundquist, was placed outside the entrance to Liseberg in 1995.[192]

Some of the noted people from Gothenburg are Academy Award Winning actress Alicia Vikander, cookbook author Sofia von Porat, footballer Gunnar Gren, artist Evert Taube, golfer Helen Alfredsson, industrialist Victor Hasselblad, singer-songwriter Björn Ulvaeus, diplomat Jan Eliasson, British Open Winner and professional golfer Henrik Stenson, and YouTuber PewDiePie, who is the most subscribed user on YouTube.

International relations

The Gothenburg Award is the city's international prize that recognises and supports work to achieve sustainable development – in the Gothenburg region and from a global perspective.[193] The award, which is one million Swedish crowns, is administrated and funded by a coalition of the City of Gothenburg and 12 companies.[194] Past winners of the award have included Kofi Annan, Al Gore, and Michael Biddle.[195]

Twin towns and sister cities

Gothenburg is twinned with:[196]

With Lyon (France) there is no formal partnership, but "a joint willingness to cooperate".[198]

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