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Fun fact 2 about Gothenburg

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The city was successfully founded in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus after several failed attempts.

Gothenburg
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Gothenburg

Sweden

Country
Sweden
Population
583.1K
Coordinates
57.71, 11.97
430th most populous city in the world

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden · CC BY 2.0