Gustaf Adolfs torg ("Gustaf Adolf's square") is a
town square
A town square (or public square, urban square, city square or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town or city, and which is used for community gatherings. Relat ...
located in central
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
, Sweden. It was named ''Stortorget'' (the Big Square) until 1854 when a statue of the founding father of Gothenburg, king
was raised. Surrounding the square are the
city hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...
, including the law court extension (by
Gunnar Asplund
Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s during the last decade of his life. At this time, he was a major proponent of the mode ...
), the
bourse, and the main harbour canal of Gothenburg.
Squares in Gothenburg
Cultural depictions of Gustavus Adolphus
Statues of monarchs
Statues of military officers
Nordstaden
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