Editing Gothenburg (section)

== Notable people ==
{{Main|List of people from Gothenburg}}
[[File:Staty Kal ada Lisebergs entré.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Kal and Ada]] at [[Liseberg]]]]
Two of the noted people from Gothenburg are fictional, but have become synonymous with "people from Gothenburg". They are a working class couple called [[Kal and Ada]], featured in "Gothenburg jokes" (''göteborgsvitsar''), songs, plays and names of events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Radarparet nummer ett |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/göteborg/radarparet-nummer-ett-1.535518 |work=[[Göteborgs-Posten]]|date=4 May 2013 |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=18 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018005509/https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/radarparet-nummer-ett-1.535518 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Drakos |first1=Georg |title=Kal-å-Ada-vitsarna: en studie i folklore och lokal identitet: uppsats för påbyggnadskurs etnologi |date=1986 |publisher=institutionen för etnologi |location=Stockholm |id={{LIBRIS|598554}}}}</ref> Each year two persons who have significantly contributed to culture in the city are given the honorary titles of "Kal and Ada".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bernhardsson |first1=Brittmo |last2=Clarin |first2=Björn |title=Alla tiders Kal och Ada |date=2014 |publisher=MTM |location=Johanneshov |id={{LIBRIS|14978311}}}}</ref> A bronze statue of the couple made by Svenrobert Lundquist, was placed outside the entrance to [[Liseberg]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kal & Ada |url=http://liseberg.se/sv/hem/Nojesparken/Tradgard-och-kultur/Konstens-Liseberg/Kal--Ada/ |website=liseberg.se |publisher=[[Liseberg]] |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100626/http://liseberg.se/sv/hem/Nojesparken/Tradgard-och-kultur/Konstens-Liseberg/Kal--Ada/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
Other notable people from Gothenburg include:
* [[Fredrik Henrik af Chapman]] (1721–1808), shipbuilder, scientist and officer in the Swedish navy.
* [[William Chalmers (merchant)|William Chalmers]] (1748–1811), a Swedish merchant and freemason.
* [[Carl Fredrik af Wingård]] (1781–1851), a Lutheran archbishop of the [[Church of Sweden]]
* [[Bengt Erland Fogelberg]] (1786–1854) was a Swedish sculptor.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Fogelberg, Benedict Erland |volume = 10 |page=590 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Sophie Bolander]] (1807–1869), an author, participated in debate on gender issues.
* [[Johan Erhard Areschoug]] (1811–1887), botanist
* [[Evert Taube]] (1890–1976), author, artist, composer and singer.
* [[Karl Sjögren]] (1896–1974) psychiatrist and geneticist
* [[James Dickson (Swedish politician)|James Dickson]] (1899–1980), politician, agronomist and chamberlain.
* [[Albert Levan]] (1905–1998), botanist and geneticist.
* [[Victor Hasselblad]] (1906–1978), inventor, photographer and industrialist
* [[Gudrun Slettengren-Fernholm]] (1909–1980), ceramicist and sculptor.
* [[Kent Andersson (playwright)|Kent Andersson]] (1933–2005), actor, theatre director and playwright.
* [[Jan Eliasson]] (born 1940), diplomat; [[Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations]] 2012–2016
* [[Marina Hedman]] (born 1944), a retired pornographic and mainstream actress.
* [[Björn Ulvaeus]] (born 1945), singer-songwriter with [[ABBA]]
* [[Doris (singer)|Doris Svensson]] (1947–2023), billed as ''Doris'', a pop singer.
* [[Margareta Arvidsson]] (born 1947), actress, model and beauty queen; [[Miss Universe]] & [[Miss Sweden]] 1966
* [[Håkan Hellström]] (born 1974), singer-songwriter, widely popular throughout Sweden 
* [[Ivar Arpi]] (born 1982), a columnist and debater. 
* [[Alicia Vikander]] (born 1988), Academy Award Winning actress 
* [[Joel Berghult]] (born 1988), musical YouTuber known as ''[[RoomieOfficial]]''
* [[PewDiePie|Felix Kjellberg]] (born 1989), YouTuber known as ''[[PewDiePie]]''; for many years the most subscribed-to individual on the platform, with over 100 million subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/pewdiepie-becomes-first-youtuber-to-hit-100-million-subscribers |title=PewDiePie becomes first YouTuber to hit 100 million subscribers |website=CBC Kids News |date=26 August 2019 |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-date=29 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829032216/https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/pewdiepie-becomes-first-youtuber-to-hit-100-million-subscribers |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[In Flames]] (formed 1990), heavy metal band
* [[Avatar (band)|Avatar]] (formed 2001), heavy metal band

=== Sport ===
* [[Gunnar Gren]] (1920–1991), footballer with 466 club caps and 57 for [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
* [[Hans Wieselgren]] (born 1952), Olympic fencer
* [[Helen Alfredsson]] (born 1965), golfer
* [[Daniel Alfredsson]] (born 1972), professional ice hockey player, [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] & [[IIHF Hall of Fame]] member
* [[Henrik Stenson]] (born 1976), golfer, [[British Open]] winner
* [[Viktor Stålberg]] (born 1986), professional ice hockey player, [[2013 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]] champion with the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
* [[Robin Lehner]] (born 1991), professional ice hockey goaltender
* [[Lucas Raymond]] (born 2002), professional ice hockey player, 4th overall pick of [[2020 NHL Draft]]
* [[Anna Kjellbin]] (born 1994), Swedish professional ice hockey player for the [[Montreal Victoire]], two-time SDHL champion, and Olympian (2022)