A brief glimpse into the past

Team, Place & City Details

2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships

The 32nd European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Scandinavium and Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1–3 March 2013.

Ljungskile SK
Ljungskile SK

Ljungskile SK is a Swedish football club located in Ljungskile, a town within Uddevalla Municipality. They currently play in Division 1.

Gothenburg
Gothenburg

Gothenburg ; abbreviated Gbg; Swedish: Göteborg [jœtɛˈbɔrj] (listen)) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 590,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus.

Snus
Snus

Snus ) is a tobacco product, originating from a variant of dry snuff in early 18th-century Sweden. It is placed between the upper lip and gum for extended periods, as a form of sublabial administration.

University of Gothenburg

The University of Gothenburg is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and, with 37,000 students and 6,000 staff members, it is one of the largest universities in the Nordic countries.

List of European Council meetings
List of European Council meetings

This is a list of meetings of the European Council ; the meetings of the European Council, an institution of the European Union (EU) comprising heads of state or government of EU member states. They started in 1975 as tri-annual meetings.

Expressen

Expressen is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden. Describing itself as independent liberal, Expressen was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "Expressen to your rescue".The newspaper awards the culture prize Expressens Heffaklump for children's and youth culture.

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is a Swedish symphony orchestra based in Gothenburg. The GSO is resident at the Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen.

Göteborgs-Posten

Göteborgs-Posten , abbreviated GP, is a major Swedish language daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Gothenburg Municipality
Gothenburg Municipality

Gothenburg Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg.

Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet
Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet

Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet, the "Hvitfeldtska High School" , is in central Gothenburg, Sweden. The school was founded in 1647 by Queen Christina and is the largest in Gothenburg.

Gothenburg Film Festival
Gothenburg Film Festival

Göteborg Film Festival , formerly Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF), known in English as the Gothenburg Film Festival, formerly Gothenburg International Film Festival, is an annual film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden and the largest film event in Scandinavia. When it was launched in 1979 it showed 17 films on 3 screens and had 3,000 visitors.

Götheborg (ship)
Götheborg (ship)

Götheborg is a sailing replica of the Swedish East Indiaman Götheborg I, launched in 1738 . All sailors survived when the original ship sank off Gothenburg, Sweden, on 12 September 1745, while approaching the harbour on her return from a third voyage to China.