Timeline of Gothenburg
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 1619 - Gothenburg founded.[1]
- 1621 - Town chartered.[2]
- 1633 - Gothenburg Cathedral consecrated.[1]
- 1650 - Printing press in operation.[3]
- 1672 - Gothenburg Town Hall built.[1]
- 1680 - Gothenburg and Bohus County established.[citation needed]
- 1731 - Swedish East India Company headquartered in Gothenburg.
- 1761 - sv (glassworks) begins operating.
- 1762 - sv built.
- 1778 - Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg active.[4]
- 1779 - Comediehuset, the first theater in the city, is established.
- 1786 - Societetsskolan, the first school open to females, is founded.
19th century
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- 1800 - Population: 12,804.[5]
- 1802 - 22 December: Fire.[6]
- 1807 - Fortifications of Gothenburg demolished.[1]
- 1812 - sv built.
- 1813 - Fire.[1]
- 1815 - Fruntimmersföreningens flickskola is founded.
- 1826 - Commercial college founded.[1]
- 1829 - Chalmers industrial school founded.
- 1832
- Göta Canal opens.[2]
- Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1833 - Kjellbergska flickskolan is founded.
- 1840 - Population: 21,558.[5]
- 1843 - sv in business.
- 1849 - Bourse (Gothenburg) built.[1]
- 1850
- Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad (shipbuilder) in business.
- Population: 26,084.[8]
- 1851 - sv (shipyard) begins operating.[8]
- 1854 - Statue of Gustavus Adolphus erected in the Stortorget.[9]
- 1858
- Gothenburg Central Station opens.
- Göteborgs-Posten newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1860
- Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club founded.
- Population: 37,043.[5]
- 1861 - Göteborg City Museum and sv (library) established.[10]
- 1864 - sv photo studio active.
- 1865 - Population: 43,346.[5]
- 1870 - sv cafe in business.
- 1871 - sv (bank) established.[11]
- 1874 - sv in business.
- 1882 - sv bookshop in business.[citation needed]
- 1886 - sv bookshop in business.[citation needed]
- 1888 - sv newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1892 - Population: 107,965.[12]
- 1894 - sv in business.
- 1896 - sv (newspaper) begins publication.[7]
- 1897 - sv (bank) founded.[11]
- 1899
20th century
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1900s-1940s
- 1900
- sv built.[8]
- Statue of John Ericsson erected in Kungsportsavenyen.[9]
- Population: 130,619.[5]
- 1902
- Göteborgs-Tidningen newspaper begins publication.[7]
- sv (golfing club) formed.
- 1903 - sv (railway) begins operating.
- 1904 - IFK Göteborg (football club) formed.
- 1905 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra formed.
- 1908 - sv cinema in business.
- 1909 - Population: 163,957.[5]
- 1911 - no (regional archives) opens.
- 1916
- sv begins broadcasting.[citation needed]
- Gamla Ullevi (1916) (stadium) and sv (theatre)[13] open.
- 1917
- sv.
- Gothenburg City Theatre established.[13]
- 1919 - Palladium Cinema opens.[14]
- 1920 - Population: 200,577.[15]
- 1922 - sv opens.[citation needed]
- 1923
- Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition held; Göteborgs Konsthall built.
- Gothenburg Botanical Garden,[16] Liseberg amusement park, sv, and Slottsskogsvallen open.
- 1926 - August: 1926 Women's World Games held.
- 1934 - Gothenburg City Theatre building opens.[13]
- 1936 - Gothenburg city hall building expanded.[17]
- 1939 - sv opens.[14]
- 1940 - Airport built as a military airbase.[citation needed]
1950s-1990s
- 1952
- Folkteatern (theatre) opens.[18]
- Redesign of coat of arms of Gothenburg adopted.
- 1954 - University of Gothenburg established.[19]
- 1958
- Nya Ullevi (stadium) opens.
- June: Part of the 1958 FIFA World Cup held in Gothenburg.
- 1960
- Gothenburg commuter rail begins operating.
- Population: 443,843.
- 1971
- sv established.
- Scandinavium arena opens.
- 1972 - Göteborg Marathon begins.
- 1977 - Göteborg Horse Show begins.
- 1985 - May: Eurovision Song Contest 1985 held.
- 1993 - Liseberg railway station opens.
- 1995 - BioPalatset cinema in business.[14]
- 1996 - Nils Ericson Terminal for buses opens.
- 1998 - 29 October: Gothenburg discothèque fire.
21st century
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- 2001 - June: EU summit protest.
- 2005 - Population: 484,942.
- 2009
- Gamla Ullevi (stadium) opens.
- Gothenburg Roller Derby league formed.
- 2010 - 19 September: sv held.
- 2011 - Population: 515,129 city; 930,635 metro.
- 2013 - Gothenburg congestion tax introduced.
- 2015 - 19 March: 2015 Gothenburg pub shooting.
See also
- History of Gothenburg
- Timeline of Gothenburg (in Swedish)
- Other names of Gothenburg, e.g. Göteborg, Gotenburg
- Other cities in Sweden
References
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Further reading
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