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Also known as Keillers Werkstad i Göteborg, Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstads, Göteborgs Nya Verkstads, Götaverken Cityvarvet, Götaverken Arendal

Götaverken was a Swedish shipbuilding company that was located on Hisingen, Gothenburg. It was founded in 1841, and ceased building ships in 1989.

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Götaverken was a Swedish shipbuilding company that was located on Hisingen, Gothenburg. It was founded in 1841, and ceased building ships in 1989.

==History== thumb|Götavarvet in the 1960s|left The company was founded in 1841 by Scottish businessman Alexander Keiller under the name Keillers Werkstad i Göteborg, and was aimed at industrial production. After bankruptcy in 1867, the company was reorganised into Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstads AB.

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