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Gothenburg (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ θ ən b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ; abbreviated Gbg; Swedish: Göteborg [jœtɛˈbɔrj] ⓘ) is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.
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Gothenburg, Sweden’s chief seaport and second largest city. It lies along the Göta River estuary, about 5 miles (8 km) above that river’s mouth in the Kattegat. Gothenburg is the principal city on Sweden’s southwest coast and lies about 240 miles (390 km) southwest of Stockholm.
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Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) is the second largest Swedish city, after Stockholm. Around 550 000 people live there. The city was founded in 1621 by king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. References
Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) is Sweden's second largest city with 570,000 inhabitants, and about 1 million in the metropolitan area. The city lies on Sweden's west coast, at the outlet of the Göta river.
Gothenburg was founded in 1621 by Gustav II Adolf, but it was not the first town at the river Göta älv’s outlet. At the end of the 15 th century, Nya Lödöse was built, and became an important trade city for Sweden.
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