The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Prior to 19th century
1619 - Gothenburg founded by Gustavus Adolphus. 1621 Town chartered. Gothenburg stave church completed. 1633 - Gothenburg Cathedral consecrated. 1650 - Printing press in operation. 1672 - Gothenburg Town Hall built. 1680 - Gothenburg and Bohus County established. 1731 - Swedish East India Company headquartered in Gothenburg. 1761 - (glassworks) begins operating. 1762 - built. 1773 - The Vauxhall pleasure gardens is inaugurated. 1778 - Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg active. 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). 1800 - Population: 12,804.
19th century
1802 - 22 December: Fire. 1807 - Fortifications of Gothenburg demolished. 1812 - built. 1813 - Fire. 1815 - Fruntimmersföreningens flickskola is founded. 1816 - Segerlindska teatern is founded. 1826 - Commercial college founded. 1829 - Chalmers industrial school founded. 1832 Göta Canal opens. Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning newspaper begins publication. 1833 - Kjellbergska flickskolan is founded. 1840 - Population: 21,558. 1843 - in business. 1849 - Bourse (Gothenburg) built. 1850 Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad (shipbuilder) in business. Population: 26,084. 1851 - Lindholmens varv (shipyard) begins operating. 1854 - Statue of Gustavus Adolphus erected in the Stortorget. 1858 Gothenburg Central Station opens. Göteborgs-Posten newspaper begins publication. 1859 - Stora Teatern is founded. 1860 Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club founded. Population: 37,043. 1861 - Göteborg City Museum and (library) established. 1864 - photo studio active. 1865 - Population: 43,346.
1870 - cafe in business. 1871 - (bank) established. 1874 - in business. 1882 - bookshop in business. 1884 - Foundation of the Gothenburg's Women's Association and the local women's movement. 1886 - bookshop in business. 1888 - newspaper begins publication. 1892 - Population: 107,965. 1894 - in business. 1896 - (newspaper) begins publication. 1897 - (bank) founded. 1899 Illustrated Hvar 8 dag magazine begins publication. in business. 1900 built. Statue of John Ericsson erected in Kungsportsavenyen. Population: 130,619.
20th century 1900s-1940s 1902 Göteborgs-Tidningen newspaper begins publication. (golfing club) formed. 1903 - (railway) begins operating. 1904 - IFK Göteborg (football club) formed. 1905 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra formed. 1908 - cinema in business. 1909 - Population: 163,957.
1911 - (regional archives) opens. 1916 begins broadcasting. Gamla Ullevi (1916) (stadium) and (theatre) open. 1917 . Gothenburg City Theatre established. 1919 - Palladium Cinema opens. 1920 - Population: 200,577. 1922 - opens. 1923 Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition held; Göteborgs Konsthall built. Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Liseberg amusement park, , and Slottsskogsvallen open. 1926 - August: 1926 Women's World Games held. 1934 - Gothenburg City Theatre building opens. 1936 - Gothenburg city hall building expanded. 1939 - opens. 1940 - Airport built as a military airbase. 1948 - Polish Veterans Association established by former Polish prisoners of Nazi German concentration camps.
1950s-1990s 1952 Folkteatern (theatre) opens. Redesign of coat of arms of Gothenburg adopted. 1954 - University of Gothenburg established. 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 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. 1993 - Liseberg railway station opens. 1995 - BioPalatset cinema in business. 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: 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
References
This article incorporates information from the Swedish Wikipedia and Danish Wikipedia.
Bibliography in English
in Swedish
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External links
Europeana. Items related to Gothenburg, various dates Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Gothenburg, various dates.