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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.
Göteborg ( [jœtɛˈbɔrj] ( lyssna)) är Sveriges näst största tätort, efter Stockholm, och Nordens femte största med 607 882 (2020-12-31)[ 8] invånare i tätorten och 1 080 000 invånare (2023) i Storgöteborg. Samhället ligger på västkusten vid Göta älvs mynning.
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Feb 17, 2024 · Gothenburg is the principal city on Sweden’s southwest coast and lies about 240 miles (390 km) southwest of Stockholm. It is the capital of Västra Götaland län (county).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The history of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) begins with the foundation of the city in 1621, although by that time people had already been living in the area for thousands of years, since the Neolithic Period, and moreover there had already been a series of earlier settlements on the lower Göta Älv, including one which also bore the name ...
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 is Sweden's largest industrial city with companies such as the Volvo Group and Volvo Cars, as well as Scandinavia's largest port.
Feb 2, 2024 · Gothenburg (Göteborg) – Sweden’s second largest city. Friendly and laid-back, Gothenburg has the hip up-and-coming neighbourhoods, Michelin-starred restaurants and vibrant cultural mix you’d expect in a much bigger city – as well as a world-class craft beer scene and some of the best seafood restaurants in Sweden.
