Timeline of Gothenburg

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

Prior to 19th century

 * 1619 - Gothenburg founded by Gustavus Adolphus.
 * 1621
 * Town chartered.
 * Gothenburg stave church completed.
 * 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 - (glassworks) begins operating.
 * 1762 - 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 secondary school open to females, is founded.
 * 1797 - Stay of Polish national hero Tadeusz Kościuszko in the city following the Partitions of Poland (see also Poland–Sweden relations).
 * 1800 - Population: 12,804.

19th century

 * 1802 - 22 December: Fire.
 * 1807 - Fortifications of Gothenburg demolished.
 * 1812 - built.
 * 1813 - Fire.
 * 1815 - Fruntimmersföreningens flickskola is founded.
 * 1816 - Segerlindska teatern 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 - 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.
 * 1859 - Stora Teatern is founded.
 * 1860
 * Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club founded.
 * Population: 37,043.
 * 1861 - Göteborg City Museum and (library) established.
 * 1864 - photo studio active.
 * 1865 - Population: 43,346.
 * 1870 - cafe in business.
 * 1871 - (bank) established.
 * 1874 - in business.
 * 1882 - bookshop in business.
 * 1884 - Foundation of the Gothenburg's Women's Association and the local women's movement.
 * 1886 - bookshop in business.
 * 1888 -  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1892 - Population: 107,965.
 * 1894 - in business.
 * 1896 - (newspaper) begins publication.
 * 1897 - (bank) founded.
 * 1899
 * Illustrated Hvar 8 dag magazine begins publication.
 * in business.
 * 1900
 * built.
 * Statue of John Ericsson erected in Kungsportsavenyen.
 * Population: 130,619.

1900s-1940s

 * 1902
 * Göteborgs-Tidningen newspaper begins publication.
 * (golfing club) formed.
 * 1903 - (railway) begins operating.
 * 1904 - IFK Göteborg (football club) formed.
 * 1905 - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra formed.
 * 1908 - cinema in business.
 * 1909 - Population: 163,957.
 * 1911 - (regional archives) opens.
 * 1916
 * begins broadcasting.
 * Gamla Ullevi (1916) (stadium) and (theatre) open.
 * 1917
 * Gothenburg City Theatre established.
 * 1919 - Palladium Cinema opens.
 * 1920 - Population: 200,577.
 * 1922 - opens.
 * 1923
 * Gothenburg Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition held; Göteborgs Konsthall built.
 * Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Liseberg amusement park,, and Slottsskogsvallen open.
 * 1926 - August: 1926 Women's World Games held.
 * 1934 - Gothenburg City Theatre building opens.
 * 1936 - Gothenburg city hall building expanded.
 * 1939 - opens.
 * 1940 - Airport built as a military airbase.
 * 1948 - Polish Veterans Association established by former Polish prisoners of Nazi German concentration camps.
 * 1948 - Polish Veterans Association established by former Polish prisoners of Nazi German concentration camps.

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.
 * 1990 - Sister city partnership signed between Gothenburg and Kraków, Poland.
 * 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.
 * 2002 - City co-hosts the 2002 European Men's Handball Championship.
 * 2005 - Population: 484,942.
 * 2006
 * August: City hosts the 2006 European Athletics Championships.
 * December: City co-hosts the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.
 * 2008 - City hosts the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.
 * 2009
 * Gamla Ullevi (stadium) opens.
 * Gothenburg Roller Derby league formed.
 * 2010 - 19 September: held.
 * 2011
 * Population: 515,129 city; 930,635 metro.
 * City co-hosts the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship.
 * 2013
 * 1 January: Gothenburg congestion tax introduced.
 * January–February: City co-hosts the 2013 Bandy World Championship.
 * March: City hosts the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
 * July: City co-hosts the UEFA Women's Euro 2013.
 * 2015
 * 19 March: 2015 Gothenburg pub shooting.
 * 12 June: Car bombing.
 * 2016 - City co-hosts the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship.
 * 2018 - 13 August: 2018 Sweden vehicle fire attacks
 * 2020 - City co-hosts the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.