Timeline of Gothenburg

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Gothenburg, Sweden.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century

• 1619 - Gothenburg founded by Gustavus Adolphus.^[1]
• 1621
  • Town chartered.^[2]
  • Gothenburg stave church completed.
• 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 - Göteborgs glasbruk [sv] (glassworks) begins operating.
• 1762 - East India House (Gothenburg) [sv] built.
• 1773 - The Vauxhall pleasure gardens is inaugurated.
• 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 secondary school open to females, is founded.
• 1797 - Stay of Polish national hero Tadeusz Kościuszko in the city following the Partitions of Poland (see also Poland–Sweden relations).^[5]
• 1800 - Population: 12,804.^[6]

19th century

• 1802 - 22 December: Fire.^[7]
• 1807 - Fortifications of Gothenburg demolished.^[1]
• 1812 - Hotel Götakällare [sv] built.
• 1813 - Fire.^[1]
• 1815 - Fruntimmersföreningens flickskola is founded.
• 1816 - Segerlindska teatern is founded.
• 1826 - Commercial college founded.^[1]
• 1829 - Chalmers industrial school founded.
• 1832
  • Göta Canal opens.^[2]
  • Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1833 - Kjellbergska flickskolan is founded.
• 1840 - Population: 21,558.^[6]
• 1843 - Gumperts Bookshop [sv] in business.
• 1849 - Bourse (Gothenburg) built.^[1]
• 1850
  • Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad (shipbuilder) in business.
  • Population: 26,084.^[9]
• 1851 - Lindholmens varv (shipyard) begins operating.^[9]
• 1854 - Statue of Gustavus Adolphus erected in the Stortorget.^[10]
• 1858
  • Gothenburg Central Station opens.
  • Göteborgs-Posten newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1859 - Stora Teatern is founded.
• 1860
  • Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club founded.
  • Population: 37,043.^[6]
• 1861 - Göteborg City Museum and Göteborgs folkbibliotek [sv] (library) established.^[11]
• 1864 - Aron Jonason [sv] photo studio active.
• 1865 - Population: 43,346.^[6]

Gothenburg in the 1870s

• 1870 - Bräutigams [sv] cafe in business.
• 1871 - Göteborgs folkbank [sv] (bank) established.^[12]
• 1874 - Henriksberg [sv] in business.
• 1882 - Wettergrens [sv] bookshop in business.^{[citation needed]}
• 1884 - Foundation of the Gothenburg's Women's Association and the local women's movement.
• 1886 - Hartelius [sv] bookshop in business.^{[citation needed]}
• 1888 - Göteborgs Aftonblad [sv] newspaper begins publication.^[8]
• 1892 - Population: 107,965.^[13]
• 1894 - Hotel Eggers [sv] in business.
• 1896 - Göteborgs Morgonpost [sv] (newspaper) begins publication.^[8]
• 1897 - Göteborgs handelsbank [sv] (bank) founded.^[12]
• 1899
  • Illustrated Hvar 8 dag magazine begins publication.
  • Grand Hotel Haglund [sv] in business.
• 1900
  • City Library of Gothenburg [sv] built.^[9]
  • Statue of John Ericsson erected in Kungsportsavenyen.^[10]
  • Population: 130,619.^[6][1]

20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1902
  • Göteborgs-Tidningen newspaper begins publication.^[8]
  • Göteborgs GK [sv] (golfing club) formed.
• 1903 - Säröbanan [sv] (railway) begins operating.
• 1904 - IFK Göteborg (football club) formed.
• 1905 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra formed.
• 1908 - Cosmorama, Gothenburg [sv] cinema in business.
• 1909 - Population: 163,957.^[6]

Gothenburg in the 1910s

• 1911 - Landsarkivet i Göteborg [no] (regional archives) opens.
• 1916
  • Göteborg radio [sv] begins broadcasting.^{[citation needed]}
  • Gamla Ullevi (1916) (stadium) and Lorensbergsteatern [sv] (theatre)^[14] open.
• 1917
  • 1917 Gothenburg bread riot [sv].
  • Gothenburg City Theatre established.^[14]
• 1919 - Palladium Cinema opens.^[15]
• 1920 - Population: 200,577.^[16]
• 1922 - Free Port of Gothenburg [sv] opens.^{[citation needed]}
• 1923
  • Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition held; Göteborgs Konsthall built.
  • Gothenburg Botanical Garden,^[17] Liseberg amusement park, Gothenburg Natural History Museum [sv], and Slottsskogsvallen open.
• 1926 - August: 1926 Women's World Games held.
• 1934 - Gothenburg City Theatre building opens.^[14]
• 1936 - Gothenburg city hall building expanded.^[18]
• 1939 - Aveny Cinema [sv] opens.^[15]
• 1940 - Airport built as a military airbase.^{[citation needed]}
• 1948 - Polish Veterans Association established by former Polish prisoners of Nazi German concentration camps.^[19]

1950s-1990s

• 1952
  • Folkteatern (theatre) opens.^[20]
  • Redesign of coat of arms of Gothenburg adopted.
• 1954 - University of Gothenburg established.^[21]
• 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.

Gothenburg in the 1970s

• 1971
  • Gothenburg District Court established.
  • Scandinavium arena opens.
• 1972 - Göteborg Marathon begins.
• 1977 - Göteborg Horse Show begins.
• 1985 - May: Eurovision Song Contest 1985 held.
• 1990 - Sister city partnership signed between Gothenburg and Kraków, Poland.^[22]
• 1993 - Liseberg railway station opens.
• 1995 - BioPalatset cinema in business.^[15]
• 1996 - Nils Ericson Terminal for buses opens.
• 1998 - 29 October: Gothenburg discothèque fire.

21st century

• 2001 - June: EU summit protest.
• 2002 - City co-hosts the 2002 European Men's Handball Championship.
• 2005 - Population: 484,942.
• 2006
  • August: City hosts the 2006 European Athletics Championships.
  • December: City co-hosts the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.
• 2008 - City hosts the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.
• 2009
  • Gamla Ullevi (stadium) opens.
  • Gothenburg Roller Derby league formed.
• 2010 - 19 September: Gothenburg 2010 municipal election [sv] held.
• 2011
  • Population: 515,129 city; 930,635 metro.
  • City co-hosts the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship.
• 2013
  • 1 January: Gothenburg congestion tax introduced.
  • January–February: City co-hosts the 2013 Bandy World Championship.
  • March: City hosts the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
  • July: City co-hosts the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.
• 2015
  • 19 March: 2015 Gothenburg pub shooting.
  • 12 June: Car bombing.
• 2016 - City co-hosts the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship.
• 2018 - 13 August: 2018 Sweden vehicle fire attacks
• 2020 - City co-hosts the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.

See also

• History of Gothenburg
• Timeline of Gothenburg (in Swedish)
• Other names of Gothenburg, e.g. Göteborg, Gotenburg
• Timelines of other municipalities in Sweden: Stockholm, Uppsala