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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. Read more on Wikipedia

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.

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Most individuals born in present day Gothenburg were soccer players (29), musicians (13), athletes (13), actors (10), and singers (8),  while most who died were soccer players (8), athletes (8), writers (3), wrestlers (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, 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.

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