Editing Gothenburg (section)

== International relations ==
The Gothenburg Award is the city's international prize that recognises and supports work to achieve sustainable development – in the Gothenburg region and from a global perspective.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gothenburgaward.com/se/ |title=Gothenburg Award |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721021004/http://www.gothenburgaward.com/se/ |archive-date=21 July 2013}}</ref> The award, which is one million Swedish crowns, is administered and funded by a coalition of the City of Gothenburg and 12 companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.electronic-recycling.ie/blog/index.php/2012/11/dr-mike-biddle-mba-polymers-to-receive-gothenburg-award-for-sustainable-development/ |title=Dr Mike Biddle to receive Gothenburg Sustainable Development Award |work=electronic-recycling.ie |access-date=19 July 2013 |archive-date=5 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105050748/http://www.electronic-recycling.ie/blog/index.php/2012/11/dr-mike-biddle-mba-polymers-to-receive-gothenburg-award-for-sustainable-development/ }}</ref> Past winners of the award have included [[Kofi Annan]], [[Al Gore]], and Michael Biddle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gothenburgaward.com/en/award-winners/ |title=Award Winners |work=gothenburgaward.com |access-date=17 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222023642/http://www.gothenburgaward.com/en/award-winners/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref>
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden}}

=== Twin towns and sister cities ===
Gothenburg is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goteborg.se/wps/wcm/connect/f8e454a7-0ec9-4669-a44f-a70894adaf55/G%C3%96TEBORGS+STADS+RIKTLINJER+F%C3%96R+INTERNATIONELLT+SAMARBETE.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517114713/http://goteborg.se/wps/wcm/connect/f8e454a7-0ec9-4669-a44f-a70894adaf55/G%C3%96TEBORGS%2BSTADS%2BRIKTLINJER%2BF%C3%96R%2BINTERNATIONELLT%2BSAMARBETE.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |archive-date=17 May 2014 |publisher=Göteborgs Stad |title=Riktlinjer för Internationellt Samarbete |language=sv |page=5 |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref>

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*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]], Norway
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aarhus]], Denmark, 1946
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Amasya]], Turkey 2023
*{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago, United States
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Turku]], Finland, 1946
*{{flagicon|EST}} [[Tallinn]], Estonia
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[St. Petersburg]], Russia, 1962
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Bergen]], Norway, 1946
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kraków]], Poland, 1990<ref name="Kraków partnerships">{{cite web |url=http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/2531,kat,0,5,miasta_partnerskie.html |title=Kraków – Miasta Partnerskie |access-date=10 August 2013 |work=Miejska Platforma Internetowa Magiczny Kraków |language=pl |trans-title=Kraków -Partnership Cities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702010825/http://www.krakow.pl/otwarty_na_swiat/2531%2Ckat%2C0%2C5%2Cmiasta_partnerskie.html |archive-date=2 July 2013 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rostock]], Germany, 1965
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Badalona]], Spain 1990
*{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Gqeberha]], South Africa
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With [[Lyon]] (France) there is no formal partnership, but "a joint willingness to cooperate".<ref>See: [http://www.lyon.fr/page/decouvrir-lyon/vue-du-monde/echanges-et-reseaux-.html Les villes partenaires en Europe, Göteborg] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625053210/http://www.lyon.fr/page/decouvrir-lyon/vue-du-monde/echanges-et-reseaux-.html |date=25 June 2014 }}. Retrieved 15 May 2014.</ref>
Gothenburg had signed an agreement with Shanghai in 1986 which was upgraded in 2003 to include exchanges in culture, economics, trade and sport. The agreement was allowed to lapse in 2020.<ref name=hongkongfp>{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Rachel |date=24 April 2020 |title=Gothenburg axes twin city agreement with Shanghai as Sweden closes all Confucius Institutes |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/24/gothenburg-axes-twin-city-agreement-with-shanghai-as-sweden-closes-all-confucius-institutes/ |access-date=21 November 2021 |website=Hong Kong Free Press |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704070233/https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/24/gothenburg-axes-twin-city-agreement-with-shanghai-as-sweden-closes-all-confucius-institutes/ |url-status=live}}</ref>