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Gothenburg

Also known as Göteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg ( ; ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gubernatorial seat of Västra Götaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.

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Gothenburg is Sweden's second-largest city, located on the west coast, with about 600,000 residents in the city proper and 1.1 million in its greater metropolitan area. As the administrative center of Västra Götaland County, it serves as a major urban hub in Sweden and the Nordic region.

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Settlement.name: Gothenburg
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Gothenburg.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Göteborg kommunvapen - Riksarkivet Sverige.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden South#Sweden
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Västra Götaland##Location within South Sweden##Location within Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Gothenburg Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Västra Götaland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Västergötland, Bohuslän and Halland
Settlement.established_title3: Charter
Settlement.established_date3: 1621
Settlement.area_total_km2: 447.76
Settlement.area_water_km2: 14.5

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Official name: Göteborg
Demonym: gotemburghesi
Population: 538019
Area: 17999
Elevation: 12
Official website: goteborg.se
Image: Göteborg 2503 stitch (28573994096).jpg
Dialing code: 31

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Commons category: Göteborg
Commons gallery: Göteborg
postal code: 400 10–418 79
inception: 1621-00-00
native label: Göteborg
P8168: Forbach
P12749: adherens junction

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King Gustavus Adolphus founded Gothenburg by royal charter in 1621 as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony. In addition to the generous privileges given to his Dutch allies during the ongoing Thirty Years' War, e.g. tax relaxation, he also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast; this trading status was furthered by the founding of the Swedish East India Company. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the , where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries. The presence of the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology has led Gothenburg to become home to many students. Volvo was founded in Gothenburg in 1927, with both Volvo Cars, and its original parent Volvo Group (today makers of trucks, buses and marine engines) still headquartered on the island of Hisingen in the city. Other key companies in the area are AstraZeneca, Ericsson, and SKF.