Timeline of Gothenburg

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Prior to 19th century

19th century

Gothenburg in the 1870s
  • 1870 - Bräutigams [sv] cafe in business.
  • 1871 - Göteborgs folkbank [sv] (bank) established.[12]
  • 1874 - Henriksberg [sv] in business.
  • 1882 - Wettergrens [sv] bookshop in business.[citation needed]
  • 1884 - Foundation of the Gothenburg's Women's Association and the local women's movement.
  • 1886 - Hartelius [sv] bookshop in business.[citation needed]
  • 1888 - Göteborgs Aftonblad [sv] newspaper begins publication.[8]
  • 1892 - Population: 107,965.[13]
  • 1894 - Hotel Eggers [sv] in business.
  • 1896 - Göteborgs Morgonpost [sv] (newspaper) begins publication.[8]
  • 1897 - Göteborgs handelsbank [sv] (bank) founded.[12]
  • 1899
    • Illustrated Hvar 8 dag magazine begins publication.
    • Grand Hotel Haglund [sv] in business.
  • 1900
    • City Library of Gothenburg [sv] built.[9]
    • Statue of John Ericsson erected in Kungsportsavenyen.[10]
    • Population: 130,619.[6][1]

20th century

1900s-1940s

  • 1902
  • 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.[6]
Gothenburg in the 1910s

1950s-1990s

Gothenburg in the 1970s

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gothenburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 271–272.
  2. ^ a b Elisabeth Elgán; Irene Scobbie (2015). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Sweden (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4422-5071-0.
  3. ^ Henri Bouchot [in French] (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  4. ^ James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
  5. ^ "Göteborg Tablica Kościuszki" (in Polish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Statistisk tidskrift (in Swedish). Kungl. Statistiska centralbyrån. 1911. hdl:2027/uc1.a0001898048.
  7. ^ William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Gothenburg". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949 – via HathiTrust.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Sveriges dagliga tidningar". Svensk Rikskalender (in Swedish). Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soners Forlag. 1905.
  9. ^ a b c Gustav Sundbärg [in Swedish], ed. (1904). Sweden: Its People and Its Industry. Stockholm: Government Printing-Office.
  10. ^ a b "Gotenburg", Norway, Sweden, and Denmark (8th ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1903
  11. ^ Carl Magnus Carlander [in Swedish] (1904). Svenska bibliotek och ex-libris (in Swedish). Stockholm: Förlagsaktiebolaget Iduna.
  12. ^ a b "Sweden". International Banking Directory. Bankers Publishing Company. 1920.
  13. ^ "Sweden". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1894. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590535.
  14. ^ a b c Martin Banham, ed. (1995). Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9.
  15. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Gothenburg, Sweden". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Sweden". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  17. ^ "Garden Search: Sweden". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  18. ^ Nicholas Adams (2014). Gunnar Asplund's Gothenburg: The Transformation of Public Architecture in Interwar Europe. USA: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-06523-6.
  19. ^ "Polski Związek Kulturalny w Göteborgu" (in Polish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  20. ^ Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1994). "Sweden". World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415251570.
  21. ^ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
  22. ^ "Göteborg". krakow.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.

This article incorporates information from the Swedish Wikipedia and Danish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English
in Swedish
  • "Göteborg", Historiskt-geografiskt och statistiskt lexikon öfver Sverige [Historical-Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Sweden] (in Swedish), vol. 3, Stockholm: Hammers Förlag, 1859, OCLC 35756300 – via Internet Archive
  • Octavia Carlén [in Swedish] (1869). Göteborg: Beskrifning öfver staden och dess närmaste omgifningar [Göteborg: Guidebook] (in Swedish).
  • Statistisk årsbok Göteborg [Statistical Yearbook of Gothenburg] (in Swedish). 1900-

External links

  • Europeana. Items related to Gothenburg, various dates
  • Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Gothenburg, various dates.

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