The Gävle Goat is a traditional Christmas display erected annually at Slottstorget (Castle Square) in central Gävle, Sweden. It is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. It is erected each year by local community groups at the beginning of Advent over a period of two days. It has been the subject of repeated arson attacks, and, despite […]
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Gävleborg County Museum is a foundation that works with cultural heritage and art in Gävleborg County . The museum business really began in 1933 when Philibert Humbla was employed as county superintendent by Gästrike-Hälsinge Hembygdsförbund for “homeland care tasks”. Seven years later, in 1940, after a donation from the Gävle family Rettig , Gävle Museum was inaugurated “a museum for art, furniture and the art industry”. The museum displayed […]
Furuvik Zoo (Furuviksparken) is an amusement park and zoo in Furuvik, Sweden. Furuviksparken was founded in 1900 by Oscar Jakobsson and officially opened by count Olle Cronstedt. In 1938 the zoo was bought by Gösta Nygren, who managed the zoo for 45 years. Nygren established a youth circus, Furiksbarnen (the children of Furuvik), which became the main attraction not only in the park […]
University of Gävl is a university college located in Gävle, Sweden. It uses the name “University of Gävle” in English, although it is officially a ‘University College’. The university was established in 1977 and is currently organized into three academies and nine departments. The university offers around 45 masters- and bachelor’s degrees and 800 courses in technology, social- and […]
Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 102 418 inhabitants in 2019, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Sweden’s Northern Lands), having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria. However, Gävle is far nearer to the greater Stockholm region than it is to the […]