Timeline of Gothenburg

Prior to 19th century

1619 - Gothenburg founded.

1621 - Town chartered.

1633 - Gothenburg Cathedral consecrated.

1650 - Printing press in operation.

1672 - Gothenburg Town Hall built.

1680 - Gothenburg and Bohus County established.

1731 - Swedish East India Company headquartered in Gothenburg.

1761 - Göteborgs glasbruk (glassworks) begins operating.

1762 - East India House (Gothenburg) built.

1773 - The Vauxhall pleasure gardens is inaugurated.

1778 - Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg active.

1779 - Comediehuset, the first theater in the city, is established.

1786 - Societetsskolan, the first school open to females, is founded.

19th century

1800 - Population: 12,804.

1802 - 22 December: Fire.

1807 - Fortifications of Gothenburg demolished.

1812 - Hotel Götakällare built.

1813 - Fire.

1815 - Fruntimmersföreningens flickskola is founded.

1826 - Commercial college founded.

1829 - Chalmers industrial school founded.

1832

Göta Canal opens.

Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning newspaper begins publication.

1833 - Kjellbergska flickskolan is founded.

1840 - Population: 21,558.

1843 - Gumperts Bookshop in business.

1849 - Bourse (Gothenburg) built.

1850

Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad (shipbuilder) in business.

Population: 26,084.

1851 - Lindholmens varv (shipyard) begins operating.

1854 - Statue of Gustavus Adolphus erected in the Stortorget.

1858

Gothenburg Central Station opens.

Göteborgs-Posten newspaper begins publication.

1860

Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club founded.

Population: 37,043.

1861 - Göteborg City Museum and Göteborgs folkbibliotek (library) established.

1864 - Aron Jonason photo studio active.

1865 - Population: 43,346.

1870 - Bräutigams cafe in business.

1871 - Göteborgs folkbank (bank) established.

1874 - Henriksberg in business.

1882 - Wettergrens bookshop in business.

1884 - Foundation of the Gothenburg's Women's Association and the local women's movement.

1886 - Hartelius bookshop in business.

1888 - Göteborgs Aftonblad newspaper begins publication.

1892 - Population: 107,965.

1894 - Hotel Eggers in business.

1896 - Göteborgs Morgonpost (newspaper) begins publication.

1897 - Göteborgs handelsbank (bank) founded.

1899

Illustrated Hvar 8 dag magazine begins publication.

Grand Hotel Haglund in business.

1900s-1940s

1900

City Library of Gothenburg built.

Statue of John Ericsson erected in Kungsportsavenyen.

Population: 130,619.

1902

Göteborgs-Tidningen newspaper begins publication.

Göteborgs GK (golfing club) formed.

1903 - Säröbanan (railway) begins operating.

1904 - IFK Göteborg (football club) formed.

1905 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra formed.

1908 - Cosmorama, Gothenburg cinema in business.

1909 - Population: 163,957.

1911 - Landsarkivet i Göteborg (regional archives) opens.

1916

Göteborg radio begins broadcasting.

Gamla Ullevi (1916) (stadium) and Lorensbergsteatern (theatre) open.

1917

1917 Gothenburg bread riot.

Gothenburg City Theatre established.

1919 - Palladium Cinema opens.

1920 - Population: 200,577.

1922 - Free Port of Gothenburg opens.

1923

Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition held; Göteborgs Konsthall built.

Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Liseberg amusement park, Gothenburg Natural History Museum, and Slottsskogsvallen open.

1926 - August: 1926 Women's World Games held.

1934 - Gothenburg City Theatre building opens.

1936 - Gothenburg city hall building expanded.

1939 - Aveny Cinema opens.

1940 - Airport built as a military airbase.

1950s-1990s

1952

Folkteatern (theatre) opens.

Redesign of coat of arms of Gothenburg adopted.

1954 - University of Gothenburg established.

1958

Nya Ullevi (stadium) opens.

June: Part of the 1958 FIFA World Cup held in Gothenburg.

1960

Gothenburg commuter rail begins operating.

Population: 443,843.

1971

Gothenburg District Court established.

Scandinavium arena opens.

1972 - Göteborg Marathon begins.

1977 - Göteborg Horse Show begins.

1985 - May: Eurovision Song Contest 1985 held.

1993 - Liseberg railway station opens.

1995 - BioPalatset cinema in business.

1996 - Nils Ericson Terminal for buses opens.

1998 - 29 October: Gothenburg discothèque fire.

21st century

2001 - June: EU summit protest.

2005 - Population: 484,942.

2009

Gamla Ullevi (stadium) opens.

Gothenburg Roller Derby league formed.

2010 - 19 September: Gothenburg 2010 municipal election held.

2011 - Population: 515,129 city; 930,635 metro.

2013 - Gothenburg congestion tax introduced.

2015 - 19 March: 2015 Gothenburg pub shooting.