Goteborg / Gothenburg, Sweden - Guldgedens Study Home, university hall -postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Guldhedens Studiehem [Guldhedens Study Home - possibly a halls of residenc for the University?)
• Publisher:  Ultra
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg [jœt?'b?rj] ( listen)) is the second largest city in Sweden and the fifth largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 528,014, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 949,812 inhabitants in the metropolitan area.^[1] Gothenburg is classified as a global city by GaWC, with a ranking of Gamma-.^[3]

Gothenburg was founded by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. At the mouth of the Göta älv, the Port of Gothenburg is the largest port in the Nordic countries.^[4]

Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes both the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Volvo was founded in Gothenburg in 1927.^[5] The city is a major centre in Sweden for sports and home to the IFK Göteborg, BK Häcken, GAIS and Örgryte IS association football teams as well as the Frölunda HC ice hockey team.

Gothenburg is served by Göteborg Landvetter Airport, located 30 km (18.64 mi) southeast of the city centre, and by Göteborg City Airport, located 15 km (9.32 mi) from the city centre.

The city is known for hosting some of the largest annual events in Scandinavia. The Göteborg International Film Festival, held in January since 1979, is the leading film festival in Scandinavia with over 155,000 visitors annually.^[6] During the summer a broad variety of music festivals take place, such as Way Out West and Metaltown. Gothia Cup, held every year in Gothenburg, is in regards to the number of participants the world's largest football tournament: in 2011, a total of 35,200 players from 1567 teams and 72 nations participated.

Gothenburg is also famous for Liseberg, chosen as one of the top ten amusement parks in the world (2005) by Forbes Magazine.^[7]

The city was named after the Geats (Swedish: Götar varied: Geatas, Gautar, Goths, Gotar, Gøtar, Götar), the inhabitants of Gothia, now southern Sweden—i.e., ""Geat Castle"".^[8] The river on which the city sits is the Göta älv or Gothia River. Göta borg ""Gothia Fortress"" is the fort on the Göta River, built to protect the port, which was intended to be Sweden's commercial window to the west.^{[citation needed]}

In Dutch, Scots, and English, all being languages with a long history of being spoken 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 the French texts, the Swedish name Göteborg is more frequent. Gottenburg can also be seen in some older English texts. These traditional forms are now sometimes replaced with the use of the Swedish Göteborg, for example by the Göteborgsoperan and the Göteborg Ballet. However, Göteborgs universitet, previously designated as Göteborg University in English, changed to the University of Gothenburg in 2008.^[9] The municipality of Gothenburg has also reverted to the use of the English name in international contexts.^[10] Other old variations in Swedish are Götheborgh, and the more common, Götheborg. One English text written in the late 15th century states the name as ""Guthaeborg"".^{[citation needed]} Gothenburg is the only city in Sweden that carries both a foreign name (Gothenburg) and a native name (Göteborg).

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period=1945 - present

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