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The history of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) begins with the foundation of the city in 1621, although by that time people had already been living in the area for thousands of years, since the Neolithic Period, and moreover there had already been a series of earlier settlements on the lower Göta Älv, including one which also bore the name ...
Gothenburg became a city municipality with an elected city council when the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863. [175] The municipality has an assembly consisting of 81 members, [ 176 ] elected every fourth year. [ 177 ]
Gothenburg was founded in 1621 by Gustav II Adolf, but it was not the first town at the river Göta älv’s outlet. At the end of the 15 th century, Nya Lödöse was built, and became an important trade city for Sweden. Nya Lödöse stood at the site were the neighbourhood Gamlestaden is today.
Gothenburg became a city municipality with an elected city council when the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863. [175] The municipality has an assembly consisting of 81 members, [176] elected every fourth year. [177]
The city was founded by King Charles IX in 1603, on the site of earlier medieval settlements; the location was strategic because the Göta River estuary was Sweden’s only direct outlet to the Atlantic Ocean at that time.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The city's golden era came in the 18th century, thanks to the influence of global merchant firms like the Swedish East India Company that was established in the year of 1731.
An earlier city named Nya Lödöse developed in the late Middle Ages, roughly where the area of Gamlestaden is currently located. But 400 years ago, the king decided the inhabitants of Nya Lödöse should move into the new city of Gothenburg – the fortress of the Goths.
