LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.goteborg.se/

Population:
485,000 (2005)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Chalmers University of Technology	1829

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Gothenburg Symphony	1905

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Volvo	1924

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pehr Gyllenhammar	Business	28-Apr-1935		CEO of Volvo, 1971-90
Gunilla Hutton	Actor	15-May-1944		Miss Nurse Goodbody on Hee Haw
Ingemar Johansson	Boxing	22-Sep-1932	30-Jan-2009	World Heavyweight Champion, 1959-60
Leif Johansson	Business	30-Aug-1951		President and CEO of Volvo
Gunnel Lindblom	Actor	18-Dec-1931		The Virgin Spring
Stellan Skarsgård	Actor	13-Jun-1951		Breaking the Waves
Bengt Strömgren	Astronomer	21-Jan-1908	4-Jul-1987	Hydrogen stars
Bo Svenson	Actor	13-Feb-1944		North Dallas Forty
Björn Ulvaeus	Musician	25-Apr-1945		ABBA
Alicia Vikander	Actor	3-Oct-1988		Ex Machina

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Assar Gabrielsson	Business	13-Aug-1891	28-May-1962	Co-Founder of Volvo

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