Gothenburg (Swede: Göteborg) is a city in SouthWestern Sweden, on the Göta River, capital of Västra Götaland County.

With a generally ice-free harbor, Göteborg is the principal port of Sweden. It is also the country’s second largest city, after Stockholm.

Göteborg is the site of the Volvo automobile-manufacturing plant; other industries include the production of bearings, ship maintenance, brewing and distilling, sawmilling, cabinetmaking, and the processing of textiles, leather, and tobacco.

The city is connected with the interior of the country by rail and by the Göta Canal, opened in 1832.

The airport at Landvetter, about 20 km (about 12 mi) East of the city, serves both domestic and international airlines.

The city is the site of the University of Göteborg (1891), the Chalmers University of Technology (1829), several other schools; museums, and the Göteborg Opera House, which opened in 1994.

The city was founded in 1619 by King Gustav II Adolph, and its cathedral, the Gustavii Domkyrka, was built in 1633.

It is noted for the Göteborg System, a plan of municipal licensing of liquor sales under which profits are used for public projects.