Feskekôrka is an indoor fish market in Gothenburg, Sweden, which got its name from the building’s resemblance to a Neo-gothic church. It opened on 1 November 1874, and was drawn by the city architect Victor von Gegerfelt. Feskekôrka is an institution in Gothenburg as well as a tourist magnet, housing one of the city’s oldest trades, fishing. Apart from a fish market, there […]
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På Korsvägen Dental Clinic erbjuder vi högkvalitativ tandvård utförd av personal med lång erfarenhet och utbildning inom modern tandvård. Vi gör allt för att ge dig som patient den bästa omvårdnaden och behandlingen. Tandläkarmottagningen är nyöppnad och ligger i centrala Göteborg på Korsvägen 1B. Vår filosofi Vår filosofi bygger på att all behandling ska vara […]
Vi på Nordic IVF är specialister på infertilitet. Vi erbjuder utredningar och ett komplett utbud av fertilitetsbehandlingar med korta väntetider. Ni finner oss i Stockholm, Göteborg och Malmö. Vi prioriterar bemötande, har stor erfarenhet och modern teknik. För att underlätta och minska resor kan ofta en del av behandlingen ske hos någon av våra erfarna […]
Aveny Ögonklinik AB specializes in eyes and performs vision defect treatments (eye laser, lens replacement and lens implants) as well as specialist medical care. They perform cataract surgery and other eye care for the Halland Region and the Västra Götaland region. The company has 27 employees and 4 clinics. Aveny Ögonklinik is a specialist clinic with a […]
The Sahlgrenska University Hospital is a system of hospitals associated with the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. With 17,000 employees the hospital is the largest hospital in Sweden by a considerable margin, and the second largest hospital in Europe. It provides emergency and basic care for the 700,000 inhabitants of the Göteborg region and offers highly specialised care for […]
Frölunda specialist hospital is located in Frölunda, right next to Frölunda torg, approximately nine kilometres south-west of central Gothenburg. The hospital primarily operate with elective care, with specialist in otolaryngology, neurology, gynaecology, orthopedic surgery, medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology, surgery, and radiography. The hospital was inaugurated in 1968 as a local hospital for people living in Tynnered, Frölunda, and Älvsborg. Today, 190 people work at the hospital which is owned by Västra […]
The Röhsska Museum is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a museum focused on design, fashion and applied arts. The museum collection consists of over 50,000 objects. The majority of the collection consists of handicraft and design products from Sweden and Europe and arts and crafts from Japan and China. The museum also holds a very fine collection of fashion from the 20th […]
The National Museum of World Cultur opened in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2004. It is a part of the public authority Swedish National Museums of World Cultures and builds on the collections of the former Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum that closed down in the year 2000. Its aim is to interpret the subject of world culture in an interdisciplinary way. The museum is situated […]
Maritiman is a floating maritime museum on the Göta Älv, in Gothenburg, Sweden. The museum’s collection comprises 19 vessels, the oldest being HSwMS Sölve from 1875. The collection All of the vessels are afloat on the river. The collection includes: Cargo ship Fryken HSwMS Småland, Halland class destroyer ESAB IV Flodsprutan II Gothenburg barge Lightship Fladen HSwMS Kalmarsund, Minelaying vessel Monitor Sölve Port […]
Skansen Kronan is a redoubt in the district of Haga of Gothenburg, Sweden. Skansen Kronan was built in the later half of the 17th century according to the plans of Erik Dahlbergh. Skansen Kronan was introduced in 1698 and was fitted with 23 guns. The roof was not completed until 1700. Skansen has 4-5 metre thick walls made of granite, gneiss and diabase. Skansen Kronan […]
The Museum of Gothenburg is in the city centre of Gothenburg, in western Sweden. It is located in the 18th-century East India House, originally built as the Swedish East India Company offices. The city museum was established in 1861. The City Museum is a cultural history museum. It displays Gothenburg and West Sweden’s history, from the Viking Age to the present day. There is a […]
The Volvo Museum is in Gothenburg, Sweden. It covers the development of Sweden’s leading vehicle manufacturer Volvo, from the first ÖV 4 to the current cars, trucks, buses and other products. The museum also has displays of Volvo Aero and Volvo Penta products, and many other exhibits, including the joint desk of Assar Gabrielsson and Gustaf Larson from the pioneering years of the company. Visitor information The museum is located […]
Gothenburg Museum of Art is located at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Collections The museum holds the world’s finest collection of late 19th century Nordic art. A highlight is the lavishly decorated Fürstenberg Gallery, named after a leading Gothenburg art donor, Pontus Fürstenberg and his wife Göthilda. Among the artists showcased are P.S. Krøyer, Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Edvard Munch, and Anders Zorn. The museum also houses older and […]
The archipelago of Gothenburg comprises northern and southern archipelagoes. The southern archipelago is part of Gothenburg municipality located in the province of Västergötland while the northern archipelago is Öckerö municipality, located in the province of Bohuslän. Trafikverket has ferries from Lilla Varholmen to the northern archipelago. Some of the islands are interconnected by bridges. Southern archipelago ferries go from Saltholmen, plus a freight ferry […]
Universeum is a public science centre and museum in Gothenburg, Sweden that opened in 2001. It is a part of Evenemangsstråket, the thoroughfare of events – close to Korsvägen and Skånegatan – which includes sights of interest like Scandinavium, Ullevi, Svenska Mässan (Swedish Exhibition Centre), Liseberg and the Museum of World Culture. Universeum is divided into six sections, each containing experiment workshops and a collection of reptiles, fish and insects. Universeum occasionally gives Swedish secondary […]
Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923. It is the most visited amusement park in Scandinavia, attracting about three million visitors annually. Additional to the summer season, the park is also open during November and December, albeit with fewer rides operating, hosting a Halloween season with various house of horrors and a Christmas market with traditional Swedish […]
The International School of the Gothenburg Region (ISGR AB) is an international school in Gothenburg, Sweden. The school consists of two campuses. The South Campus for grades 0-5 is located at Guldhedsgatan while the North Campus for grades 6-10 is located on Molinsgatan, in metropolitan Gothenburg. Both campuses are connected to the transport System of Gothenburg; the North Campus is located at […]
Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet, the “Hvitfeldtska High School” (gymnasium), is in central Gothenburg, Sweden. It is typically attended by students aged 15–19 coming from all over Gothenburg, and occasionally from other Swedish regions. International student enrolment is small but significant. Because of admitting students from lower all the way through upper class, there is a high socioeconomic diversity within its […]
The International IT College of Sweden, or INIT College, is an independent secondary school located in Stockholm and Gothenburg The concentration in the school is IT and English, and offers five different programs or tracks that students can follow: social science, natural science, information technology, economic studies and media. The school in Gothenburg is located on Elof Lindälvsgatan 13 in the same building as the kuksugare Deutschlandterminal. It moved […]
The International High School of the Gothenburg Region (IHGR) is a municipal high school in the Västra Götaland county, Sweden. The school was founded in 2001. The first students began studying there 19 August that same year. All classes except for Swedish are taught in English, the official language of the school, but a Swedish curriculum is followed. The school has its own library. Since […]
Göteborgs Högre Samskola is an independent school in Gothenburg, Sweden. Information In 2006 the school had about 1350 students. The school has students aged 5 through 18 and has a Förskola, a Grundskola and a Gymnasium. The school consists of a series of buildings for the younger grades 1 through 6 and a separate building for middle school and high school students. […]
French School in Gothenburg was founded in 1992 in Gothenburg by Medborgarskolan. The reason was the influx of families from France, after a collaboration between the automobile manufactures Volvo and Renault started. The school is located in the district of Landala. The school offers classes from kindergarten to ninth grade. And the premises are situated in Viktor Rydbergsgatan and Landalagången. School profile is French. […]
Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College is a private Swedish institution for higher education and research. The university college has departments for education in nursing, social work, church music, theology and psychotherapy as well as research within the field of social science, welfare rights, health care science and ethics, palliative care, diaconal research, organizational and worklife ethics and psychotherapy research. The aims of the research programme are in line with […]
Chalmers University of Technology is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural sciences, architecture, mathematics, maritime and other management areas. Departments Beginning 1 May 2017, Chalmers has 13 departments. Architecture and Civil Engineering Biology and Biological Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Communication and Learning in Science Computer Science and Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial and Materials Science Mathematical Sciences Mechanics and […]
The University of Gothenburg is a university in Sweden’s second largest city, Gothenburg. The University is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 staff members it is one of the largest universities in the Nordic countries. Structure Management The University of Gothenburg is one of Sweden’s largest universities. It is a comprehensive university, organised into eight faculties […]
Stena Line is a Swedishshipping line company and one of the largest ferry operators in the world. It services Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, Stena Line is a major unit of Stena AB, itself a part of the Stena Sphere. Stena Line also owns the Swedish vessels of the otherwise German and Danish owned Scandlines. Routes Irish Sea Fishguard – Rosslare: Stena Europe Holyhead – Dublin Port: Stena Adventurer, Stena Estrid (Weekdays) Belfast – Cairnryan: Stena […]
Semcon is a Swedish multinational technology company, specialized in product development. Semcon collaborates mainly with companies in the automotive industry, energy and life science sectors. It has 2,000 specialised employees, and conducts the entire product development cycle, from strategy and technology development to design and product information. Core business Semcon offers engineering services and product information services for the entire product […]
Mölnlycke Health Care is a Swedishmedical device company headquartered in Gothenburg and active internationally. The company manufactures and sells wound care and single-use surgical products and is a service provider to the healthcare sector. The surgical division includes medical devices such as drapes, gowns, facemasks, and headwear. The wound care division includes medical device wound healing solutions such as dressings, compression products and skin […]
Lindex is a Swedish fashion chain within the Finnish Stockmann Group. The company has around 5000 employees and approximately 480 stores in 18 markets in the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, Central Europe and the Middle East. In addition to sales in store, Lindex also offers their fashion assortment via online shopping in 28 countries: all EU countries plus Norway. The company has had a rapid international expansion […]
Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium format cameras, photographic equipment and image scanners based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company originally became known for its classic analog medium format cameras that used a waist level viewfinder. Hasselblad products Cameras HK-7 (1941–1945) SKa4 (1941–1945) 1600F (1948–1953) 1000F (1953–1957) V System 500 (1957–2013) V System 2000 and 200 (1977–2004) V System Superwide (1954–2006) […]
Gunnebo is a multinational corporation headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, specialising in security products, services and solutions mainly in the areas of cash management, entrance control, safe storage and integrated security. The Gunnebo Group has operations in 25 countries with approximately 3,900 employees (September 2020) and a reported global revenue of MSEK 5,500 million for 2019. Products Cash management […]
Getinge is a global medical technology company, founded in Sweden in 1904. The firm provides equipment and systems within healthcare and life sciences. The company was formerly organised in three business areas: Infection Control (trading as Getinge), Extended Care (ArjoHuntleigh) and Medical Systems (Maquet, the world’s largest maker of surgical tables), but announced it would become a single brand company, operating under the […]
FlexLink, also FlexLink AB, is a manufacturer of flexible, modular conveyors and industrial automation equipment. Headquartered in Göteborg, Sweden, FlexLink has manufacturing, production and engineering facilities in Allentown (USA), Plewiska (Poland) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). There are operating units in 27 countries and a global network of Strategic Partners. Altogether FlexLink is present in over 60 countries. Since 2003, FlexLink has been ranked in the world’s top 20 largest materials […]
Berg Propulsion is a Swedish company that designs and manufactures controllable-pitch propellers for the marine industry. The company produces customized main propellers, azimuth thrusters, transverse thrusters and maneuvre systems. Berg Propulsion has production facilities in Sweden, and sales & service offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dubai, Singapore, and Sweden. Caterpillar Inc. bought Berg Propulsion in 2013. Caterpillar Inc. sold Caterpillar Propulsion group back to Berg Propulsion on 30 June […]
Ballograf AB is a Swedish manufacturer of writing implements. Ballograf manufactures its products from raw materials to finished product in its factory in Västra Frölunda, Gothenburg. Current range of instruments manufactured by Ballograf include mechanical pencils and ballpoint pens. The company is also distributor of several brands in Sweden, such as Scheaffer, Staedtler and Cross, which allow Ballograf to expand its variety to fountain and rollerball pens.
Abba Seafood AB, formerly Abba AB, with head offices in Gothenburg, Sweden, is a company producing preserved fish products. The main factory is located in Kungshamn. The company was established in Bergen 1838 and in the 1850s it moved to Stockholm. The name AB Bröderna Ameln, ABBA, was registered in 1906. In 1981, it was merged into Volvo, was sold to Procordia and is since […]
The Volvo Group is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems and financial services. Business Volvo Group’s operations include: Volvo Trucks (midsize-duty trucks for regional transportation and heavy-duty trucks for long distance transportation, […]
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city proper and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus […]
Havskatten Hotell & Vandrarhem lies on Hönö in the northern archipelago of Gothenburg. As well as comfortable accommodation and an inspiring place to meet, it also has fish and shellfish tours, wedding packages and the option of baking local sweet flatbread called Hönökaka in an open wood-fired oven. Modern accommodation in an archipelago setting Havskatten […]
The Volvo Group is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems and financial services. In 2016, it was the world’s second largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks. Automobile manufacturer Volvo Cars, […]