Gothenburg

Gothenburg (Swedish: {{Audio|sv-Göteborg.ogg|Göteborg}}) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. With 478,055 inhabitants in the city and 816,931 in the metropolitan area it is the second largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and the seat of residence for the county.

Notable natives

• Sir William Chambers (1723-1796), Scottish architect.
• William Chalmers (1748-1811), manager of the Swedish East India Company and founder of Chalmers University of Technology.
• Bengt Hallberg, jazz pianist
• Gunilla Hutton, star of Hee Haw and Petticoat Junction
• Ingemar Johansson, world heavyweight champion of boxing, who beat Floyd Patterson in 1959.
• Jan Johansson, jazz pianist
• Christian Olsson (born 1980), triple jump gold medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Ace of Base, pop group
• Helena Paparizou, winner of the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest