Furuvik Zoo () is an amusement park and zoo in Furuvik, Sweden.
Location The zoo is located in Furuvik, near Gävle, Sweden.
History
Furuviksparken was founded in 1900 by Oscar Jakobsson and officially opened by count Olle Cronstedt. In 1938 the zoo was bought by Gösta Nygren, who managed the zoo for 45 years. Nygren established a youth circus, Furuviksbarnen (the children of Furuvik), which became the main attraction not only in the park but also on travelling tours. Nyhren also introduced live concerts with famous artists, like Louis Armstrong, Jussi Björling and Sammy Davis.
Gävle Municipality took over the park 1983, again sold to Tom Widorson in 2004, and in 2010 sold to the present owner, Parks & Resorts Scandinavia AB.
Rides
Roller coasters +NameYear openedManufacturerNotesFireball2017VekomaFamily Boomerang Rebound coasterDraken2020ZiererLightning2023VekomaLIM launch coaster
Other rides RideYear openedManufacturerDescriptionBarnkarusellen2011UnknownMerry-go-roundBarnrally1975UnknownTrack RideBikupan2011HUSSJunior Swingaround CarouselGungan2016ZamperlaHappy SwingKättingflygaren2013ZiererWaveswingerRadiobilarna2019GosettoBumper carsSky Tower2008ZamperlaDrop towerSmå Grodorna2006ZamperlaJump AroundSpökjakten2018Sally CorporationInteractive Dark RideTekopparna1986Mack RidesTeacupsTornado2008ZamperlaDisk'O
Former rides RideYear openedYear closedManufacturerDescriptionBatman20072008FabbriSpinning Wild Mouse Roller CoasterFlygande Elefanter19872004UnknownJets CarouselFrisbee20022003HUSSFrisbeeHurucan20132024MondialTop Scan, previously operated as Extreme at Gröna LundPiraten19862012SDCPirate ShipRocket20112021SchwarzkopfSteel Roller Coaster, previously operated as Black Hole at Alton TowersSpökborgen19862017UnknownGhost Train, rebuilt into SpökjaktenSuperloopen19912000PinfariSteel Roller Coaster
Chimpanzees
The zoo attracted a degree of international attention when it was reported in March 2009 that a chimpanzee residing there had planned attacks on visitors. Santino planned attacks by taking stones from the protective moat and placing them only on the side facing the visitors on the island where he lived. Later, when the visitors arrived, he would throw the stones across the moat at them.
This shows that the cognitive ability for forward planning is not uniquely human.Skandinaviens första anläggning för studier av människoapors tänkande , pressmeddelande från Lunds universitet 30 maj 2008 (sidan besökt 30 juli 2009)
After five chimpanzees' escape from the zoo in December 2022, three were shot dead - the 3-year-old Torsten, Linda and Santino -, one was wounded, and one returned to the zoo. Later, a fourth was shot dead.
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