# Timeline of Gothenburg

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 - 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.
* 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 - Hotel Götakällare [sv] 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 - Gumperts Bookshop [sv] 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 Göteborgs folkbibliotek [sv] (library) established.
* 1864 - Aron Jonason [sv] photo studio active.
* 1865 - Population: 43,346.
* 1870 - Bräutigams [sv] cafe in business.
* 1871 - Göteborgs folkbank [sv] (bank) established.
* 1874 - Henriksberg [sv] in business.
* 1882 - Wettergrens [sv] bookshop in business.
* 1884 - Foundation of the Gothenburg's Women's Association and the local women's movement.
* 1886 - Hartelius [sv] bookshop in business.
* 1888 - Göteborgs Aftonblad [sv] newspaper begins publication.
* 1892 - Population: 107,965.
* 1894 - Hotel Eggers [sv] in business.
* 1896 - Göteborgs Morgonpost [sv] (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1897 - Göteborgs handelsbank [sv] (bank) founded.
* 1899
** Illustrated Hvar 8 dag magazine begins publication.
** Grand Hotel Haglund [sv] in business.
* 1900
** City Library of Gothenburg [sv] built.
** Statue of John Ericsson erected in Kungsportsavenyen.
** Population: 130,619.

## 20th century
### 1900s-1940s

* 1902
** Göteborgs-Tidningen newspaper begins publication.
** 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.
* 1911 - Landsarkivet i Göteborg [no] (regional archives) opens.
* 1916
** Göteborg radio [sv] begins broadcasting.
** Gamla Ullevi (1916) (stadium) and Lorensbergsteatern [sv] (theatre) open.
* 1917
** 1917 Gothenburg bread riot [sv].
** Gothenburg City Theatre established.
* 1919 - Palladium Cinema opens.
* 1920 - Population: 200,577.
* 1922 - Free Port of Gothenburg [sv] opens.
* 1923
** Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition held; Göteborgs Konsthall built.
** Gothenburg Botanical Garden, 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.
* 1936 - Gothenburg city hall building expanded.
* 1939 - Aveny Cinema [sv] 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: 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.