Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Gothenburg, Sweden

Stora Katrinelund is a country in Burgårdsparken in the present district of Heden in Gothenburg, just east of Katrinelundsgymnasiet, dating back to the 17th century. The land is owned and managed by the wholly owned municipal real estate company Higab since 1991.

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Ingo – the Champ is a statue created by sculptor Peter Linde. The statue depicts boxer Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson, who was the world champion in professional heavyweight boxing from 1959 to 1960. The statue is located in Gothenburg outside the Nya Ullevi arena, where he defeated the then highly ranked American Eddie Machen in front of more than 53,000 spectators.

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The Garden Society of Gothenburg is a park and horticultural garden in central Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located next to Kungsportsavenyen and the Gamla Ullevi stadium.

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The Knife Wrestlers is a sculpture in the style of Romantic nationalism created by the Swedish sculptor Johan Peter Molin in the middle of the 19th century. It depicts two men involved in a fight with knives. The sculpture was Molin's breakthrough work and was for some time well known in Europe. Multiple copies of the sculpture were made. Today, copies are located in Gothenburg in Bältespännarparken, in front of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm, in Vänersborg and in Mästarnas park in Hällefors.

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The Röhsska Museum, is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a museum focused on design, fashion and applied arts.

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Vasaparken is a park in Vasastaden, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Acceleration is an abstract sculpture in bronze and stone by Ida Isaksson-Sillén that stands in Vasaparken, Gothenburg. The sculpture has the shape of a faceted cylinder, the lower part of which is made of stone. The upper part, which is made of bronze, has a notch that runs in a helix-shaped spiral around the cylinder. This incision accelerates in such a way that it is initially (at the bottom) wide and shallow and becomes narrower and deeper, with more frequent turns, the higher up it goes.

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The Vasa Church is a church in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located in the area of Vasastaden, between Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet and Vasaparken. It was founded in 1909 and is built in a Neo-Romanesque style, of granite that was brought from Bohuslän. It underwent major renovations during 1999 and 2000.

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Vasaplatsen is a triangular public square in the district of Vasastaden in Gothenburg, Sweden. Since two tram lines crosses here, there are four combined tram and bus stops on the square close by each other that all go under the name Vasaplatsen. All public trams and buses in Gothenburg are operated by Västtrafik.

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The Torgny Segerstedt Monument is a ten-metre-high triangular monolith (obelisk) of granite that stands on Vasaplatsen in Gothenburg.

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The Egg, or Easter Egg, is a play sculpture made of artificial stone by Egon Möller-Nielsen.

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The Girl and the Sea Trolls, also known as the Forest Raw Fountain, is a sculpture by Ivar Johnsson, placed in 1919 on Flora's hill in Kungsparken in central Gothenburg. The sculpture consists of a basin in grey granite, where a naked girl in diabase stands on a pillar. Around the tub there are three sea trolls. Brunnskaret was made by architect Arvid Fuhre.

Wikipedia: Flickan och sjötrollen (SV)

Möte is a sculpture on Kaserntorget in Gothenburg.

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Saint Andrew's Church or Church of England is a church building located in the district of Inom vallgraven in the municipality of Gothenburg, where it is part of the Diocese of Europe.

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The Haga Church is a church building located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Belonging to the Gothenburg Haga Parish within the Diocese of Gothenburg of the Church of Sweden, it was opened on Advent Sunday, 27 November 1859.

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The Raoul Wallenberg Monument, titled In Memory of Raoul Wallenberg's Deed, was erected near the Haga Church (Hagakyrkan) in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a 2.45 meter high monument, made partly of graphic concrete and partly of bronze, and it was created by Charlotte Gyllenhammar of Stockholm, Sweden. It was unveiled on May 25, 2007 by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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Järntorgsbrunnen, or using the artists title, De fem världsdelarna, is a sculpture by Tore Strindberg, inaugurated October 12, 1927 at Järntorget, Göteborg, Sweden.

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Skansen Kronan is a redoubt on the hill Risåsberget, in the Haga district of Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Oscar Fredrik Church is a church in Olivedal in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was drawn by Helgo Zetterwall and erected in the 1890s. Belonging to the Gothenburg Oscar Fredrik Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened on Easter Sunday 1893. The style is Neo Gothic, but the influence is not the Nordic gothic style but rather the style one can find in the large cathedrals in continental Europe. The church and the parish got its name from king Oscar II.

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The masts are a wooden sculpture created in 1971 by Erling Torkelsen and placed in the middle of Masthuggstorget in Gothenburg.

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The Bergslag urn is a cast iron urn designed by Eric Grate and with several reliefs shows Swedish iron handling in a historical perspective.

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St. Birgitta's Chapel is a church building belonging to Carl Johan's parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is located in Klippan in the Majorna district of Gothenburg municipality. It is one of the diocese's most popular wedding churches.

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Älvsborg, now generally known as Old Älvsborg or Älvsborg Castle to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated on the rocky outcrop known as Klippan, on the south bank of the Göta Älv river within the urban area of the modern city of Gothenburg. It was demolished in the late seventeenth century, but some of its ruins are still visible today, close to the southern pylon of the Älvsborg Bridge.

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