Gothenburg Municipality

**Gothenburg Municipality** (*Göteborgs kommun* or *Göteborgs stad*) is a municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Gothenburg.

The major pairt o the Gothenburg urban aurie (*Göteborgs tätort*) is situatit athin the municipality, but there are an aw some ither localities as well as rural auries.

When the first Swadish local govrenment acts wur implementit in 1863 the Ceety o Gothenburg, foondit an chairtered in 1621, became a ceety municipality wi an electit ceety cooncil (*stadsfullmäktige*). Its territory haes syne then been addit through amalgamations in 1868, 1906, 1922, 1931, 1945, 1948, 1967 an 1974. The local govrenment reform o 1971 made the ceety a unitary municipality, like aw ithers in the kintra. The municipality prefers, housomeivver, tae style itsel *Göteborgs stad* (*Ceety o Göteborg*), wheniver legally possible.

## Localities
*Billdal (pairt o)
*Brännö
*Donsö
*Gothenburg (seat)
*Hjuvik
*Nolvik
*Olofstorp
*Styrsö
*Säve
*Torslanda
*Vrångö

## Politics an govrenment
The municipality haes a municipal assembly (*[[kommunfullmäktige]]*), consistin o 81 members, electit for fower year. There are aicht poleetical pairties representit in the cooncil electit in 2010:
*Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Pairty), 25
*Moderaterna (Moderate Pairty), 23
*Miljöpartiet (Green Pairty), 9
*Folkpartiet (Liberal Fowkpairty), 7
*Vänsterpariet (Left Party), 7
*Vägvalet, 5
*Sverigedemokraterna (Swaden Democrats), 3
*Kristdemokraterna (Christian Democrats), 2

The municipal executive committee (*kommunstyrelsen*) haes 13 members, representin the sax pairties frae the twa major poleetical coalitions who hae seats in the assembly.

The chairman o the municipal assembly is Rolf Lindén an the chairman o the municipal executive committee (sometimes titled mayor) is Anneli Hulthén frae the Social Democratic Pairty.

### Burghs

In 1990 the municipality wis subdividit intae 21 *stadsdelsnämnder* (destrict boards), sometimes translatit tae boroughs, which they really are no. In 2009 the twa destrict boards o Frölunda an Högsbo wur joined thegither. It haes been decidit that frae the stairt o 2011 mony mair will be joined thegither leavin 10 new destrict boards.
The boards carry responsibility for primary schuil, social, leisur, an cultural services athin their respective auries. In the election o 1998 three boroughs (Askim, Torslanda an Älvsborg) held local referendums on formin their awn municipalities, but their petitions wur rejectit bi the govrenment o Swaden.

Burghs:

*Askim
*Backa
*Bergsjön
*Biskopsgården
*Centrum
*Frölunda-Högsbo
*Gunnared

*Härlanda
*Kortedala
*Kärra-Rödbo
*Linnéstaden
*Lundby
*Lärjedalen

*Majorna
*Styrsö
*Torslanda
*Tuve-Säve
*Tynnered
*Älvsborg
*Örgryte


## International cooperation
*Twin touns:
** Bergen, Norawa
** Turku, Finland
** Aarhus Municipality, Denmark
*Pairtner ceeties:
** Shanghai, Cheenae
** Port Elizabeth, Sooth Africae
** Lyon, Fraunce

The cooperation wi the Sooth African ceety o Port Elizabeth (established in 1998) is a pairtnership fosterin development o common fields o interest such as solid waste management, public libraries, sport an tourism.

*Sister ceeties:
** Chicago, Unitit States (syne 1987)
** Kraków, Poland
** Saunt Petersburg, Roushie
** Tallinn, Estonie
** Rostock, Germany
*Regional:
** Oslo, Norawa

## See an aw
Gothenburg Law Court

## References
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