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Gothenburg ((スウェーデン語:Göteborg), ) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 543,005, with 549,839 in the urban area and 973,261 inhabitants in the metropolitan area.〔 Gothenburg is classified as a global city by GaWC, with a ranking of Gamma−.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=GaWC – The World According to GaWC 2010 )〕 The city has been ranked as the 12th-most inventive city in the world by ''Forbes''. Gothenburg was founded by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. At the mouth of the Göta älv, the Port of Gothenburg is the largest port in the Nordic countries.〔(Swedish National Encyclopedia (password needed) )〕 Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes both the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Volvo was founded in Gothenburg in 1927.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Volvo's founders – Our founders & presidents : Volvo Group Global )〕 The city is a major center for sports and home to the IFK Göteborg, BK Häcken, GAIS, and Örgryte IS association football teams, the team handball team Redbergslids IK, as well as the Frölunda HC ice hockey team. Gothenburg is served by Göteborg Landvetter Airport, located southeast of the city center. The smaller Göteborg City Airport, located from the city center, was closed to regular airline traffic in 2015. The city hosts some of the largest annual events in Scandinavia. The Gothenburg Film Festival, held in January since 1979, is the leading Scandinavian film festival with over 155,000 visitors each year.〔(Info on the Festival site )〕 In summer, a wide variety of music festivals are held in the city, such as Way Out West and Metaltown. The annual Gothia Cup, is the world's largest football tournament with regards to the number of participants: in 2011, a total of 35,200 players from 1,567 teams and 72 nations participated. == Name == The city was named after the Geats ((スウェーデン語: ''Götar'' varied: Geatas, Gautar, Goths, Gotar, Gøtar, Götar)), the inhabitants of Gothia, now southern Sweden—i.e. ''"Geat Castle"''.〔Hellquist, E. Svensk etymologisk ordbok. Pamp, B. Ortnamnen i Sverige. Svenska ortnamnsarkiv. AWE/Gebers serie om ortnamnen i våra landskap.〕 The river on which the city sits is the ''Göta älv'' or Gothia River. ''Göta borg'' "Gothia Fortress" is the fort on the Göta Älv, built to protect the port. In Dutch, Scots, and English, all being languages with a long history of being spoken in this trade and maritime-oriented city, the name Gothenburg is used for the city. The French form of the city name is ''Gothembourg'', but in French texts, the Swedish name ''Göteborg'' is more frequent. "Gottenburg" can also be seen in some older English texts. These traditional forms are now sometimes replaced with the use of the Swedish ''Göteborg'', for example by The Göteborg Opera and the Göteborg Ballet. However, ''Göteborgs universitet'', previously designated as the Göteborg University in English, changed its name to the University of Gothenburg in 2008. The Gothenburg municipality has also reverted to the use of the English name in international contexts. Other old variations in Swedish are ''Götheborgh'', and the more common ''Götheborg''. One English text, written in the late 15th century, states the name as "Guthaeborg". In 2009, the city council launched a new logotype for Gothenburg. Since the name "Göteborg" contains the Swedish letter "ö" the idea was to make the name more international and up to date by "turning" the "ö" sideways. , the name is spelled "Go:teborg" on a large number of signs in the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gothenburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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