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Universeum is a public science centre, zoo and public aquarium in Gothenburg, Sweden that opened in 2001. It is a part of Evenemangsstråket, the thoroughfare of events – close to Korsvägen and Skånegatan – which includes sights of interest like Scandinavium, Ullevi, Svenska Mässan, Liseberg and the Museum of World Culture.
2. Saab J35 Draken
The Saab 35 Draken is a Swedish fighter-interceptor developed and manufactured by Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB) between 1955 and 1974. Development of the Saab 35 Draken started in 1948 as the Swedish air force future replacement for the then also in development Saab 29 Tunnan dayfighter and Saab 32B Lansen night fighter. It featured an innovative but unproven double delta wing, which led to the creation of a sub-scale test aircraft, the Saab 210, which was produced and flown to test this previously-unexplored aerodynamic feature. The full-scale production version entered service with frontline squadrons of the Swedish Air Force on March 8, 1960. It was produced in several variants and types, most commonly as a fighter-interceptor.
3. Barken Viking
Viking,, is a four-masted steel barque, built in 1906 by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is reported to be the biggest sailing ship ever built in the Nordic countries. In the 21st century her sailing days have drawn to a close, and she is now moored as a floating hotel in Gothenburg, Sweden.
4. Statue of Poseidon
Poseidon with Fountain or just Poseidon is a bronze sculpture that stands on Götaplatsen in central Gothenburg. The sculpture, which depicts the god of the sea Poseidon, was created by Carl Milles and was inaugurated in 1931. It is one of Gothenburg's most famous landmarks.
5. Lorensbergsteatern
Lorensbergsteatern is a theatre building in Lorensbergsparken in Gothenburg, Sweden, inaugurated in 1916. It has the address Karl Gerhards Plats 1 and the property code Lorensberg 29:2. The theatre was designed by architect Karl M. Bengtson, the stage design was made by the German C. Roeder, and was built on the initiative of and was partly financed by the restaurateur Sophus Petersen, who ran the restaurant in Lorensbergsparken.
6. Alvsborg Fortress
New Älvsborg, so-called to distinguish it from the earlier fortress at Old Älvsborg, is a sea fort on the island of Kyrkogårdsholmen within the urban area of modern Gothenburg, Sweden. Situated near the mouth of the Göta River, it protected what was at the time of its construction Sweden's only access to the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Construction began in 1653, and the fortress remained in service until 1869, though it only saw significant action in one conflict, the Great Northern War.
7. Karl IX:s ryttarstaty
Karl IX's equestrian statue or "Kopparmärra" is an equestrian statue in Gothenburg, Sweden, depicting Karl IX. It was created by the sculptor and professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts John Börjeson and was inaugurated in 1904 in the middle of Östra Hamngatan at Kungsportsplatsen. In 1936 it was moved to the east side of the street, northeast of the intersection with Södra/Östra Larmgatan.
8. Röda sten
Röda sten is an area in the Sandarna district of the Port of Gothenburg. It is located under the southern abutment of the Älvsborg Bridge on Södra Älvstranden in direct connection to the Klippan area. The area has the postal address "Röda Sten".
9. Maritime Museum & Aquarium
The Maritime Museum The Aquarium, originally just the Maritime Museum, in Gothenburg is located in Gamla Varvsparken at Stigbergstorget in the 3rd block Bläsan in Majorna. Next to the museum rises the Seaman's Tower. The museum's property – with the designation Majorna 403:3 – has been owned and managed by Higab since 13 January 2017. During the period 17 September 2018 to 9 December 2022, the museum was closed for renovation and extension. It reopened on December 10, 2022 with a new aquarium building underground, new exhibitions and a new entrance facing Karl Johansgatan.
10. Gustav II Adolfs staty
Gustav II Adolf's statue is a bronze statue of Bengt Erland Fogelberg, erected in 1854 on Gustaf Adolfs torg in central Gothenburg. The statue, which is Gothenburg's oldest public work of art, depicts Gustav II Adolf pointing with his right hand down towards the square while looking into the distance in the other direction, and depicts the imaginary occasion when the king is supposed to have pronounced "Here shall the city be!", and on a symbolic level the statue thus represents the creation of the city of Gothenburg. The statue is placed on a high marble plinth on top of a stepped granite foundation.
11. Museum of World Culture
The National Museum of World Culture opened in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2004. It is a part of the public authority Swedish National Museums of World Cultures and builds on the collections of the former Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum that closed down in the year 2000. Its aim is to interpret the subject of world culture in an interdisciplinary way. The museum is situated next to the Universeum science centre and the amusement park Liseberg, and close to Korsvägen. "The museum interprets the concept of world culture in a dynamic and open-ended manner. On the one hand, various cultures are incorporating impulses from each other and becoming more alike. On the other hand, local, national, ethnic and gender differences are shaping much of that process. World culture is not only about communication, reciprocity, and interdependence, but the specificity, concretion and uniqueness of each and every individual."
12. Gathenhielmska Huset
The Gathenhielmska House is a listed building in the first block of Gatenhjelm at Stigbergstorget 7 in Majorna in Gothenburg. Since 1987, the building has been owned by the City of Gothenburg. It houses a home of 160 square meters. The house was declared a listed building in 1964. On 10 July 1943, it was the first building to be protected under the 1942 Act on Culturally Historically Remarkable Buildings.
13. Stora Torp
Stora Torp is a manor house in Örgryte, north of the Delsjö area nature reserve, at Alfred Wigelius väg in the municipality of Gothenburg. The property has 9,600 square meters of area and 3,200 square meters of residential and office space. Stora Torp was originally a large country estate dating back to the 1550s. In the period 1550 to 1777 the property was called Torpit or Torpett and that "Jöns and Jon at Torpitt" were freehold farmers there. They were under Sten Eriksson Leijonhufvud's farm Kärra, now Kärralund. After his bloody end in 1568, Kärra came to belong to his widow "Count Ebba." After "Count Ebbas", Stora Torp, like Lärjeholm, was owned by the field marshal and privy councillor Herman Wrangel. The year 1625 is a year that has been recorded in this context.
14. Mariakyrkan
St. Mary's Church, formerly the Poor House Church, is a church building and a parish home located in the district of Stampen, eastern part of central Gothenburg. It belongs to the Gothenburg Cathedral Parish and the Church of Sweden.
15. Sölve
HSwMS Sölve is one of seven Hildur-class monitors built for the Swedish Navy in the mid-1870s. The ship had an uneventful career and was sold in 1919 for conversion into a barge. She became a museum ship in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1992.
16. Nasir Mosque
The Nasir Mosque is a mosque in the Gothenburg area of Högsbohöjd belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Society. The Nasir Mosque was inaugurated in 1976 and thus became Sweden's first building to be built to be a mosque.
17. Sankt Pauli kyrka
Sankt Pauli church is a church building located in the district of Olskroken in the municipality of Gothenburg. The church belongs to Sankt Pauli parish in the diocese of Gothenburg and the Swedish Church.
Wikipedia: Sankt Pauli kyrka, Göteborg (SV), Facebook, Website
18. Stora Katrinelund
Stora Katrinelund is a country house in Burgårdsparken in the current district of Heden in Gothenburg, just east of Katrinelundsgymnasiet, dating back to the 1600s. Landeriet has been owned and managed by the wholly-owned municipal real estate company Higab since 1991.
19. Lundby nya kyrka
Lundby New Church is a church building belonging to Lundby parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is located in the Sannegården district in the municipality of Gothenburg. The name has been used on two church buildings.
20. Göteborgs moské
Gothenburg Mosque is a mosque located at the foot of Ramberget on Hisingen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The construction of the mosque was entirely funded by Saudi Arabia and is run by the Swedish Muslim Foundation (SMS). It was inaugurated 16 June 2011.
21. Göteborgs Stadsteater
Gothenburg City Theatre opened in 1934 at Götaplatsen square in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theatre was designed by Swedish architect Carl Bergsten who gave the exterior a Neo-Classical look with a touch of Streamline Moderne. The critics thought it to be a too old-fashioned building – the International Style had a big breakthrough some years before at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition. But the interiors of the building pleased the reviewers who thought the auditorium to be "intimate" and “democratic”. The theatre went through a major renovation some years ago and the auditorium was equipped with new technology and with new seats.
22. HMS Hugin
HMS Hugin (P151) was the first of the 16 ships that were part of the Swedish Navy's series of Hugin-class patrol boats. Hugin was included in 5/48/18. patrol boat division, which in turn was part of what was the 3. surface combat wing. The ship was launched on 3 June 1977 but was not delivered until 3 July 1978. It served for about 22 years, of which 15 years in line. The main tasks were to be part of the invasion defence by fighting less qualified enemy naval forces, monitoring the territorial sea, repelling violations, carrying out escort service and laying mines. Hugin was removed from service on the same day as 18. The patrol boat division was disbanded on 30 June 2001. The ship was handed over in "as is" to the Gothenburg Maritime Centre, where she lies inside her predecessor, the destroyer HMS Småland (J19).
23. Masthugg Church
Masthugg Church in Gothenburg, Sweden, was built in 1914. Its position on a high hill (Masthugget) close to the city and near the Göta älv makes it a striking sight – the church tower is 60 m (200 ft) high in itself. The church represents the National Romantic style in Nordic architecture and was designed by Sigfrid Ericson. The church, which has become one of the symbols of Gothenburg, is a popular tourist attraction.
24. Medical History Museum
The Museum of Medical History is located in the Oterdahlska building at Östra Hamngatan 11 in Gothenburg, within the moat. The museum was opened in 1986 and belongs to Sahlgrenska University Hospital in the Västra Götaland region.
Wikipedia: Medicinhistoriska museet, Göteborg (SV), Facebook, Instagram, Website, Youtube
25. Raoul Wallenberg minnesmärke
The Raoul Wallenberg Monument, titled In Memory of Raoul Wallenberg's Deed, was erected near the Haga Church (Hagakyrkan) in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a 2.45 meter high monument, made partly of graphic concrete and partly of bronze, and it was created by Charlotte Gyllenhammar of Stockholm, Sweden. It was unveiled on May 25, 2007 by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Wikipedia: Raoul Wallenberg Monument, Gothenburg (EN), Website
26. Brudaremossen
Brudaremossen is a bog and a mountain in the Delsjö area nature reserve in Gothenburg. Brudaremossen got its name from the fact that a bridal party according to legend would have gone down here. The road to the mountain is also called Brudaremossen and is of a high standard due to the fact that the old sewage treatment plant had a garbage dump there. The garbage dump was used during the period 1938 to 1978 but was then dismantled and covered with excavated soil and clay, therefore not much remains of the original bog. Drainage pipes were also buried under the dump so that the environmental toxins in the dump would not spread. The drainage water from the landfill is currently led to a leachate pond and then on to the Ryaverket wastewater treatment plant. Landfill gas is also burned at the landfill. It started after an accident in 1995 when a man died when methane gas exploded in a nearby clubhouse, this was done to reduce the risk of explosion.
27. Oscar Fredriks kyrka
Oscar Fredrik Church is a church in Olivedal in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was drawn by Helgo Zetterwall and erected in the 1890s. Belonging to the Gothenburg Oscar Fredrik Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was inaugurated on Easter Sunday 1893. The style is Neo Gothic, but the influence is not the Nordic gothic style but rather the style one can find in the large cathedrals in continental Europe. The church and the parish got its name from king Oscar II.
28. Hagakyrkan
The Haga Church is a church building located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Belonging to the Gothenburg Haga Parish within the Diocese of Gothenburg of the Church of Sweden, it was opened on Advent Sunday, 27 November 1859.
29. Vasakyrkan
The Vasa Church is a church in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located in the area of Vasastaden, between Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet and Vasaparken. It was founded in 1909 and is built in a Neo-Romanesque style, of granite that was brought from Bohuslän. It underwent major renovations during 1999 and 2000.
30. Bältespännarna
The Knife Wrestlers is a sculpture in the style of Romantic nationalism created by the Swedish sculptor Johan Peter Molin in the middle of the 19th century. It depicts two men involved in a fight with knives. The sculpture was Molin's breakthrough work and was for some time well known in Europe. Multiple copies of the sculpture were made. Today, copies are located in Gothenburg in Bältespännarparken, in front of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm, in Vänersborg and in Mästarnas park in Hällefors.
31. Jonas Alströmer
Jonas Alströmer's statue is a statue in Gothenburg, Sweden, depicting the Swedish industrialist Jonas Alströmer. It was created by the sculptor and professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts John Börjeson and was unveiled on 28 December 1905 at Lilla Torget.
32. Nylöse kyrka
Nylöse Church, formerly Gamlestaden's Chapel, is a church building belonging to Nylöse parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is located in the Gamlestaden district in the municipality of Gothenburg.
33. Gamla Älvsborg
Älvsborg, now generally known as Old Älvsborg or Älvsborg Castle to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated on the rocky outcrop known as Klippan, on the south bank of the Göta Älv river within the urban area of the modern city of Gothenburg. It was demolished in the late seventeenth century, but some of its ruins are still visible today, close to the southern pylon of the Älvsborg Bridge.
34. Flickan och sjötrollen
The Girl and the Sea Trolls, also known as the Forest Raw Fountain, is a sculpture by Ivar Johnsson, placed in 1919 on Flora's hill in Kungsparken in central Gothenburg. The sculpture consists of a basin in grey granite, where a naked girl in diabase stands on a pillar. Around the tub there are three sea trolls. Brunnskaret was made by architect Arvid Fuhre.
35. Brämaregårdens kyrka
Brämaregården's church, formerly Brämaregården's chapel, is a church building that has belonged to Lundby parish in the diocese of Gothenburg since 2010. It is located in the district of Brämaregården in the municipality of Gothenburg.
36. Länsmansgårdens kyrka
Länsmansgårdens kyrka was a church building in the district of Biskopsgården in the municipality of Gothenburg. At the time of its construction in 1972, it belonged to Biskopsgården parish, but after a merger with nearby units, it belonged to Lundby parish from 2010.
37. Kärra kyrka
Kärra Church, until 2001 Kärra Chapel, is a church building that since 2010 belongs to Tuve-Säve parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is located in the district of Kärra in the municipality of Gothenburg. North of the church is a parish hall built in 1978.
38. Johanna
Såningskvinnan, meaning "the sowing woman", popularly known as Johanna i Brunnsparken, is a statue of a standing woman in Gothenburg, Sweden, sculpted by Per Hasselberg in 1883. The original gypsum version of the statue remains at the Medicinal history museum of Gothenburg. Såningskvinnan is thought of as the second oldest statue in Gothenburg and its first female statue.
39. Björkekärrs kyrka
Björkekärr Church is a church building located on a hill at Stabbetorget in the district of Björkekärr, Gothenburg. It belongs to Björkekärr parish in the diocese of Gothenburg and the Church of Sweden.
40. Shoreline-Stenen
The Shoreline memorial is a monument located in Slottsskogen, a large park in central Gothenburg, Sweden. The installation commemorates the location of the final reunion of the band Broder Daniel in 2008.
41. Kalmarsund
HMS Kalmarsund, also known as LDC 13, was a minelayer in the Swedish Navy that entered service in 1953. The ship was named LDC 13 until 1985 when it was given its current name Kalmarsund. She was stationed on the south coast together with HMS Öresund (18). Kalmarsund is today a museum ship at the Gothenburg Maritime Centre.
42. Carl Johans kyrka
Carl Johan Church is a Church of Sweden parish church on Sagberget, in Gothenburg. The church, designed by Fredrik Blom, is named after King Charles XIV John, who a year before the opening ceremony in 1826 was on a visit to the nearby porter brewery at Klippan.
43. Genom arbete i arbete
Through Work in Work is a sculpture group, made by Sam Westerholm, at Olof Palme's place at Järntorget in Gothenburg. It was inaugurated in September 1986 by Stig Malm in connection with a Nordic workers' conference.
44. Tyska kyrkan
The German Church, also called Christinae Church, is church located in the city centre of Gothenburg, Sweden. Named after Queen Christina, it was inaugurated in 1748, and used by the German and Dutch congregation in Gothenburg. The church contains a 42-bell carillon, which was cast by the Bergholtz Bellfoundry in 1961.
45. Vasaplatsen
Vasaplatsen is a triangular public square in the district of Vasastaden in Gothenburg, Sweden. Since two tram lines crosses here, there are four combined tram and bus stops on the square close by each other that all go under the name Vasaplatsen. All public trams and buses in Gothenburg are operated by Västtrafik.
46. De tre vingarna
The Three Wings is a sculpture by Alexander Calder, erected on August 31, 1967 in front of the Art Museum at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg. The sculpture was moved in 1979 to its current location at the cultural centre Blå stället in the centre of Angered.
47. Oscar II:s fort
Älvsborg Fortress, with its main facility Oscar II's Fort built 1899–1907, is a now-defunct Swedish fortification located at the mouth of the Göta River in the Älvsborg district of Gothenburg, Sweden.
48. Biskopsgårdens kyrka
The Biskopsgården Church is a church building in the southern parts of Biskopsgården on the island of Hisingen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Belonging to the Lundby of the Church of Sweden, it was opened in 1961. It was originally called the Southern Biskopsgården Church before the Northern Biskopsgården Church was taken out of use in 2004.
49. Rambergskyrkan
The Ramberg Church is a church building in Gothenburg that belongs to the Ramberg Church's Missionary Assembly within the Equmenia Church Society - formerly the Swedish Mission Church. It is located at Övre Hallegatan 27 in the district of Brämaregården on Hisingen, with property designation Brämaregården 58: 3.
50. Havre och betong
Oats and concrete, also called Hästen, is a work of art in Södra Guldheden in Gothenburg. It is a two-metre tall wooden horse, created by Ivar Lindekrantz, which was established at Doktor Westrings gata in 1956 after a competition that Lindekrantz won. The horse is made of glued reddish-brown teak and oiled with linseed oil mixture, and was built according to a technique common in boat building, much like a barrel, but in a crawler.
51. Ingo - the Champ
Ingo – the Champ is a statue created by sculptor Peter Linde. The statue depicts boxer Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson, who was the world champion in professional heavyweight boxing from 1959 to 1960. The statue is located in Gothenburg outside the Nya Ullevi arena, where he defeated the then highly ranked American Eddie Machen in front of more than 53,000 spectators.
52. Acceleration
Acceleration is an abstract sculpture in bronze and stone by Ida Isaksson-Sillén that stands in Vasaparken, Gothenburg. The sculpture has the shape of a faceted cylinder, the lower part of which is made of stone. The upper part, which is made of bronze, has a notch that runs in a helix-shaped spiral around the cylinder. This incision accelerates in such a way that it is initially (at the bottom) wide and shallow and becomes narrower and deeper, with more frequent turns, the higher up it goes.
53. Elementens kamp
The Battle of the Elements is a bronze fountain group made by Anders Jönsson. The sculpture group, which is about one metre high, stands at Redbergsplatsen in Gothenburg on a spot below Sankt Pauli church.
54. Annedalskyrkan
The Annedal Church is a church building in Annedal in Gothenburg, Sweden. Belonging to the Gothenburg Annedal Parish of the Church of Sweden, construction begun in 1908 and the church was opened on Thanksgiving Day, 25 September 1910 by bishop Edvard Herman Rodhe.
55. Kronhuset
Kronhuset, formerly known as Giötheborgz Tyghuhs, is a redbrick building in Västra Nordstaden in Gothenburg. It was constructed during the years 1643–1654 in a Dutch style, and is Gothenburg's joint-oldest secular building along with the Torstenson Palace. The royal architect Simon de la Vallée is believed to have designed the building. The Kronhus was originally used as an arsenal for the city garrison and as a granary to store food reserves so that the city could survive a siege. On December 9, 1927, the ownership of Kronhuset passed from the Swedish state to Gothenburg Municipality. It has been a byggnadsminne, a listed building, since 24 October 1968.
56. Solringen
The Sun Ring is a sculpture in aluminum bronze and granite by Claes Hake. The 4.4-metre-high ring was placed in 1993 in Renströmsparken in front of the Humanisten university building and the University Library in Gothenburg.
57. Incantatio
Incantatio is a sculpture created in 1992 by Roland Borén, placed in front of the entrance to Artisten, a building used by the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg. It is made of welded, lacquered sheet steel.
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