Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Gothenburg, Sweden

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.

Wikipedia: Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet (SV), Website

Woman by the Sea, also known as the Seaman's Wife, is a sculpture by Ivar Johnsson. It is located on the Seaman's Tower at the Maritime Museum Aquarium in Gothenburg.

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The Seamen's Tower, also known as the Maritime Monument, is a 44-metre-high tower at the Maritime Museum Aquarium in Gothenburg, inaugurated at the same time as the museum, in 1933. It was erected in memory of Swedish sailors who perished during the First World War. At the top of the tower is Ivar Johnsson's five-metre-high bronze sculpture Woman by the Sea, popularly known as the Seaman's Wife. The top of the statue, including the sculpture, stands 62 meters above sea level. The Seaman's Tower is designed as a column and built in yellow brick.

Wikipedia: Sjömanstornet (SV)

The Pennsylvania Monument, also known as the New Sweden Monument or the Delaware Stone, is a monument that was inaugurated in 1937. The monument stands in the Old Shipyard Park at the Maritime Museum in Gothenburg.

Wikipedia: Pennsylvaniamonumentet (SV)

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.

Wikipedia: Genom arbete i arbete (SV)

Järntorgsbrunnen, or using the artists title, De fem världsdelarna, is a sculpture by Tore Strindberg, inaugurated October 12, 1927 at Järntorget, Göteborg, Sweden.

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Saint Andrew's Church or Church of England is a church building located in the district of Inom vallgraven in the municipality of Gothenburg, where it is part of the Diocese of Europe.

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Möte is a sculpture on Kaserntorget in Gothenburg.

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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.

Wikipedia: Flickan och sjötrollen (SV)

The Egg, or Easter Egg, is a play sculpture made of artificial stone by Egon Möller-Nielsen.

Wikipedia: Ägget (skulptur) (SV)

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.

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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.

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Gothenburg Cathedral is a cathedral in Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. It is the seat of the bishop of the diocese of Gothenburg in the Church of Sweden.

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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.

Wikipedia: Jonas Alströmers staty (SV)

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.

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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.

Wikipedia: Såningskvinnan (EN)

Mandala is a sculpture in Gothenburg on Stora Nygatan, in the district of Inom Vallgraven.

Wikipedia: Mandala (skulptur) (SV)

The Garden Society of Gothenburg is a park and horticultural garden in central Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located next to Kungsportsavenyen and the Gamla Ullevi stadium.

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Stora Katrinelund is a country in Burgårdsparken in the present district of Heden in Gothenburg, just east of Katrinelundsgymnasiet, dating back to the 17th century. The land is owned and managed by the wholly owned municipal real estate company Higab since 1991.

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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.

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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.

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