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Gothenburg (swe)

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Gothenburg ranks 84th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Japan, San Diego, and Frankfurt. Memorable people born in Gothenburg include Björn Ulvaeus, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, and Stellan Skarsgård. Memorable people who died in Gothenburg include Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Henning Mankell, and Arvid Carlsson. Gothenburg has been the birth place of many soccer players and musicians and the death place of many soccer players and athletes. Gothenburg is located in Sweden.

Gothenburg is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. It is situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. The city's population increased by 9,292 during 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1723 and 1999, Gothenburg was the birth place of 112 globally memorable people, including Björn Ulvaeus, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, and Stellan Skarsgård. Additionaly, 31 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 (29), musicians (13), athletes (12), actors (10), and politicians (9),  while most who died were soccer players (9), athletes (8), writers (3), wrestlers (3), and gymnasts (3).

Occupational Trends

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Gothenburg, including Agne Simonsson, Glenn Strömberg, and Anders Svensson. 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.

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