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Gothenburg (swe)

Sweden

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Gothenburg ranks 74th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cleveland, Lyon, and Osaka Prefecture. The most famous people from Gothenburg are Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Stellan Skarsgård. The most famous people who died in Gothenburg are Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Henning Mankell, and Arvid Carlsson. Gothenburg has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many soccer players, and athletes. Gothenburg is located in Sweden.

Gothenburg or Göteborg is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gubernatorial seat of Västra Götaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2001, Gothenburg was the birth place of 159 globally memorable people, including Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Stellan Skarsgård. Additionaly, 42 globally memorable people have passed away in Gothenburg including Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Henning Mankell, and Arvid Carlsson.

People Born in Gothenburg

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People Deceased in Gothenburg

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Gothenburg were soccer players (47), athletes (19), musicians (16), actors (12), and handball players (11),  while most who died were soccer players (14), athletes (10), wrestlers (4), writers (3), and gymnasts (3).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gothenburg, including Agne Simonsson, Anders Svensson, and Glenn Strömberg. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Gothenburg, including Gunnar Gren, Agne Simonsson, and Sven Rydell.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Gothenburg since 1700.