into two, with the northern part being the Nordre älv and the southern part keeping the name Göta älv; the two arms of the river enclose the island of...
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16°10′24″E / 58.49827°N 16.17332°E / 58.49827; 16.17332 The Göta Canal (Swedish: Göta kanal) is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century...
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The battles at Göta älv were a series of battles and sieges which took place in and around the Gothenburg area between 1717 and 1719, between the Swedish...
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series of earlier settlements on the lower Göta Älv, including one which also bore the name Gothenburg. The Göta Älv has been of crucial importance throughout...
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the Göta Älv at Bohus, and is defined to the east and south by the main arm of that river, to the north by the smaller arm (known as the Nordre Älv), and...
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Göta älv (Old Norse: Gautelfr). It might also have been a conflation of the word Gauti with a gloss of Goths. In the 17th century the name Göta älv,...
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and English name Gothenburg. The Swedish name was given after the Göta älv, called Göta River in English, and other cities ending in -borg. Both the Swedish...
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Swedish gymnast Göta, Sweden Göta älv, a river in Sweden Göta älvbron, a bridge in Gothenburg Göta Canal, a waterway in Sweden Göta Court of Appeal,...
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Byälven and Norsälven. It is drained to the south-west by Göta älv, which forms part of the Göta Canal waterway, to Lake Viken into Lake Vättern, southeast...
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Lilla Bommen (section Göta boat)
the starting point for cargo and passenger ships going up the Göta älv, through the Göta Canal, then across lakes Vänern and Vättern to Stockholm and Norrköping...
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villages and towns grew up and the population grew fastest. The large river Göta Älv drains the third largest lake in Europe, Lake Vänern. At its mouth (where...
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of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in...
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Sweden. Together with Göta älv, which it is called as the river has passed through the lake Vänern, thus regarded as an entity, Göta älv—Klarälven is the longest...
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Maritiman is a floating maritime museum on the Göta Älv, in Gothenburg, Sweden. The museum's collection comprises 19 vessels, the oldest being HSwMS Sölve...
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Magnus's view, the border with Sweden should be set further east: at the Göta älv river, through the Vänern lake and north to the province of Värmland. He...
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Älvsnabben is a ferry line trafficking on the river Göta älv in Gothenburg, Sweden since the 1990s. Älvsnabben is operated by Styrsöbolaget on a commission...
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the rest of its watercourse it was laid out through the riverbed of the Göta Älv river. The highest point of the Trollhätte Canal is at the Lake Vänern...
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on the River Göta in Sweden. It is currently housed in the Gothenburg Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden. Lorentzon, Mona (1993). Kring Göta älv: studier i en...
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action in one conflict, the Great Northern War. During the Middle Ages, the Göta Älv river represented Sweden's sole point of access to the North Sea, as the...
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choice of home port was Gothenburg at Sweden's west coast, the mouth of Göta älv river is very wide and has the county's largest and best harbour for high-seas...
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(born 1989), Japanese mixed martial artist Gota, Gujarat, a city in India Göta älv, a river in Sweden Gota, Guinea, a town in the Nzérékoré Prefecture...
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Indalsälven Ångermanälven Ume älv Skellefte älv Pite älv Lule älv Kalix älv Torne älv Lagan Nissan Ätran Viskan Göta älv - Klarälven (via Lake Vänern)...
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Harthacnut (left) meeting the young King Magnus the Good at the Göta älv river in modern-day Sweden. Illustration by Halfdan Egedius....
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New Zealand. The town Lilla Edet is situated on the eastern side of the Göta älv, a main river on the west coast of Sweden. It became known as a halt there...
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Lindholmen (literally "The Linden Tree Island") is a former island in the Göta Älv river, now part of the larger island of Hisingen, in Gothenburg, Sweden...
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Don (in Aberdeen) Ythan (in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire) Spey (near Elgin) Göta älv (into Kattegat in Gothenburg) Lake Vänern Klarälven/Trysilelva (into Vänern...
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Scania. Major waterways that drain into the Kattegat are the rivers of Göta älv at Gothenburg, together with the Lagan, Nissan, Ätran and Viskan in the...
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the noblemen of both countries brought the two kings together at the Göta älv. They made peace and agreed that the first of them to die would be succeeded...
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accept this and assembled their forces. In the spring, they put stakes in Göta älv to stop Harald's ships. Harald Fairhair put his ships alongside the stakes...
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Majorna-Linné. It is located west of the city just outside the city centre, with Göta älv in the north, Masthugget and Slottsskogen in the east, Högsbo in the south...
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