Gothenburg Municipality
Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun or Göteborgs stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg.
Gothenburg Municipality
Göteborgs kommun | |
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Municipality | |
Gothenburg City Hall | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°56′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Gothenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jonas Attenius (Social Democratic Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,025.37 km2 (395.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 447.76 km2 (172.88 sq mi) |
| • Water | 577.61 km2 (223.02 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (May 2023) | |
| • Total | 600,559 |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland and Bohuslän |
| Municipal code | 1480 |
| Website | |
When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863 the City of Gothenburg, founded and chartered in 1621, became a city municipality with an elected city council (stadsfullmäktige). Its territory has since then been added through amalgamations in 1868, 1906, 1922, 1931, 1945, 1948, 1967 and 1974. The local government reform of 1971 made the city a unitary municipality, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itself Göteborgs stad (City of Göteborg), whenever legally possible.
In March 2018 it was reported that the municipality and municipality-owned companies had 236 employees working with public relations (Swedish: kommunikation), more than Stockholm, to a cost of 400 000 SEK daily or 151 million SEK annually.