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{{About|the administrative municipality|the Riksdag constituency|Gothenburg Municipality (Riksdag constituency)}}
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| name                            = Gothenburg Municipality
| native_name                     = ''Göteborgs kommun''<!-- If different from name -->
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| seat                            = [[Gothenburg]]
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| leader_party                    = [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]
| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = [[Jonas Attenius]]
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| website                         = * {{URL|https://goteborg.se}}
* {{URL|https://goteborg.se/wps/portal/english|goteborg.se - ENG short description}}
* {{URL|https://international.goteborg.se}}
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[[File:Gothenburg fish market 170105.jpg|thumb|Gothenburg fish market]]
'''Gothenburg Municipality''' ({{lang|sv|Göteborgs kommun}} or {{lang|sv|Göteborgs stad}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västra Götaland County]] in western [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the [[stad (Sweden)|city]] of [[Gothenburg]].

When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863 the City of Gothenburg, founded and chartered in 1621, became a [[stad (Sweden)|city municipality]] with an elected [[city council]] ({{lang|sv|stadsfullmäktige}}). Its territory has since then been added through [[amalgamation (politics)|amalgamations]] in 1868, 1906, 1922, 1931, 1945, 1948, 1967 and 1974. The local government reform of 1971 made the city a unitary municipality, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itself {{lang|sv|Göteborgs stad}} (''City of Gothenburg''),<ref>{{cite web |title=Göteborgs Stads designprogram |url=http://www6.goteborg.se/grafiskform/index2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326042612/http://www6.goteborg.se/grafiskform/index2.htm |archive-date=2009-03-26}} {{in lang|sv}}</ref> whenever legally possible.

In March 2018 it was reported that the municipality and municipality-owned companies had 236 employees working with public relations (Swedish: kommunikation), more than Stockholm, to a cost of 400 000 SEK daily or 151 million SEK annually.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/publicering-kring-kommunikatorer-engagerar-har-svarar-svt-pa-kritiken|title=Publicering kring kommunikatörer upprör – SVT svarar på kritiken|last=Lars|first=Wiklund|date=2018-03-30|work=SVT Nyheter|access-date=2018-04-01|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/skattebetalarnas-nota-nastan-en-halv-miljon-om-dagen|title=Göteborgarnas nota: Nästan en halv miljon – om dagen|last=Youcefi |first=Fouad |date=2018-03-27|work=SVT Nyheter|access-date=2018-04-01|language=sv}}</ref>

==Localities==
The major part of the [[Gothenburg urban area]] ({{lang|sv|Göteborgs tätort}}) is situated within the municipality, but there are also some other localities as well as rural areas.
*[[Billdal]] (part of)
*[[Donsö]]
*[[Hjuvik]]
*[[Nolvik]]
*[[Olofstorp]]
*[[Styrsö]]
*[[Torslanda]]
*[[Vrångö]]

===Boroughs===
{{further|Boroughs and Districts of Gothenburg}}

In 1990 the municipality was subdivided into 21 {{lang|sv|stadsdelsnämnder}} (district boards), sometimes translated to [[borough]]s, which they really are not. In 2009 the two district boards of Frölunda and Högsbo were joined. It has been decided that from the start of 2011 many more will be joined leaving 10 new district boards.

The boards carry responsibility for [[primary school]], social, leisure, and cultural services within their respective areas. In the [[elections in Sweden|election]] of 1998 three boroughs ([[Askim, Sweden|Askim]], [[Torslanda]] and [[Älvsborg, Gothenburg|Älvsborg]]) held local [[referendum]]s on forming their own municipalities, but their petitions were rejected by the [[government of Sweden]].

Boroughs:
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
*[[Askim, Sweden|Askim]]
*[[Angered]]
*[[Backa, Gothenburg|Backa]]
*[[Bergsjön]]
*[[Biskopsgården]]
*[[Gothenburg City Centre|Centrum]]
*[[Frölunda-Högsbo]]
*[[Härlanda]]
*[[Kortedala]]
*[[Kärra-Rödbo]]
*[[Linnéstaden]]
*[[Lundby, Gothenburg|Lundby]]
*[[Majorna]]
*[[Styrsö]]
*[[Torslanda]]
*[[Tuve-Säve]]
*[[Tynnered]]
*[[Älvsborg, Sweden|Älvsborg]]
*[[Örgryte]]
}}

==Politics and government==
The municipality has a municipal assembly ({{lang|sv|[[kommunfullmäktige]]}}), consisting of 81 members, elected for four years. The municipal assembly meets in the [[Bourse (Gothenburg)|Bourse]], a building located on [[Gustaf Adolfs torg, Gothenburg|Gustaf Adolfs torg]]. There are nine political parties represented in the council elected in 2022:

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Ideologies
|-
!Political alliance
!Vote share
!Seats
!+/-
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''S'''
|[[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Socialdemokraterna}}}}
|[[Social democracy]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Red-Greens (Sweden)|Red-Green]] Coalition
|26.4%
|{{Composition bar|22|81|{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}}}
| +5
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''M'''
|[[Moderate Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Moderaterna}}}}
|[[Liberal conservatism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |M–D–L–KD Coalition
|17.1%
|{{Composition bar|15|81|{{party color|Moderate Party}}}}
| +3
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''V'''
|[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Vänsterpartiet}}}}
|[[Socialism]], [[Eco-socialism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Red-Greens (Sweden)|Red-Green]] Coalition 
|15.8%
|{{Composition bar|13|81|{{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}}}}
| +2
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Sweden Democrats}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''SD'''
|[[Sweden Democrats]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Sverigedemokraterna}}}}
|[[National conservatism]], [[Right-wing populism]]
| style="text-align:center;"| None
|10.8%
|{{Composition bar|9|81|{{party color|Sweden Democrats}}}}
| +2
|-
| style="background:#939393;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''D'''
|[[Democrats (Gothenburg political party)|Democrats]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Demokraterna}}}}
|[[Liberal conservatism]], [[Populism]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mitti.se/nyheter/demokraterna-kan-orsaka-politiskt-kaos-6.96.20716.a3318c094b|title='Demokraterna kan orsaka politiskt kaos' |trans-title="The Democrats can cause political chaos" |website=Mitt i Göteborg|date=23 June 2018|language=sv|access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |M–D–L–KD Coalition
|6.1%
|{{Composition bar|5|81|#939393}}
| -9
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Green Party (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''MP'''
|[[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Miljöpartiet}}}}
|[[Green politics]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Red-Greens (Sweden)|Red-Green]] Coalition 
|6.0%
|{{Composition bar|5|81|{{party color|Green Party (Sweden)}}}}
| -1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''L'''
|[[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberals]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Liberalerna}}}}
|[[Liberalism]], [[Conservative liberalism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |M–D–L–KD Coalition
|5.5%
|{{Composition bar|5|81|{{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}}}}
| -1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democrats (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''KD'''
|[[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Kristdemokraterna}}}}
|[[Christian democracy]], [[Conservatism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |M–D–L–KD Coalition 
|4.2%
|{{Composition bar|4|81|{{party color|Christian Democrats (Sweden)}}}}
| +1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''C'''
|[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Centerpartiet}}}}
|[[Liberalism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |None
|4.0%
|{{Composition bar|3|81|{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}}}
| +-0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Feminist Initiative (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''FI'''
|[[Feminist Initiative (Sweden)|Feminist Initiative]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Feministiskt Initiativ}}}}
|[[Feminism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |None
|0.8%
|{{Composition bar|0|81|{{party color|Feminist Initiative (Sweden)}}}}
| -2
|}
After the 2022 election it was clear that the governing [[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]] could not rule any longer with them winning only 27 seats in the chamber. Soon after the election the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] announced they were starting negotiations with the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]] (S), [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]] (V) and the [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]] (MP) about forming a majority coalition that could rule the city for the next four years. These negotiations broke down but S, V and MP could still take the power despite being a minority with only 40 out of 81 seats since C continues to refuse cooperation with the [[Sweden Democrats]] (SD).

There were ten political parties represented in the council elected in 2018: 
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Ideologies
|-
!Political alliance
!Vote  share
!Seats
!+/-
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''S'''
|[[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Socialdemokraterna}}}}
|[[Social democracy]]
| style="text-align:center;"| None
|20.5%
|{{Composition bar|17|81|{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}}}
| -3
|-
| style="background:#939393;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''D'''
|[[Democrats (Gothenburg political party)|Democrats]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Demokraterna}}}}
|[[Liberal conservatism]], [[Populism]]
| style="text-align:center;"| None
|17.0%
|{{Composition bar|14|81|#939393}}
| +14
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''M'''
|[[Moderate Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Moderaterna}}}}
|[[Liberal conservatism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]]
|14.5%
|{{Composition bar|12|81|{{party color|Moderate Party}}}}
| -8
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''V'''
|[[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Vänsterpartiet}}}}
|[[Socialism]], [[Eco-socialism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Red-green-pink Coalition
|12.6%
|{{Composition bar|11|81|{{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}}}}
| +3
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Sweden Democrats}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''SD'''
|[[Sweden Democrats]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Sverigedemokraterna}}}}
|[[National conservatism]], [[Right-wing populism]]
| style="text-align:center;"| None
|8.3%
|{{Composition bar|7|81|{{party color|Sweden Democrats}}}}
| +1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''L'''
|[[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberals]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Liberalerna}}}}
|[[Liberalism]], [[Conservative liberalism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]]
|7.2%
|{{Composition bar|6|81|{{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}}}}
| -1
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Green Party (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''MP'''
|[[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Miljöpartiet}}}}
|[[Green politics]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Red-green-pink Coalition
|6.9%
|{{Composition bar|6|81|{{party color|Green Party (Sweden)}}}}
| -3
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''C'''
|[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Centerpartiet}}}}
|[[Liberalism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]]
|4.0%
|{{Composition bar|3|81|{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}}}
| +3
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Christian Democrats (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''KD'''
|[[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Kristdemokraterna}}}}
|[[Christian democracy]], [[Conservatism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]]
|3.3%
|{{Composition bar|3|81|{{party color|Christian Democrats (Sweden)}}}}
| +-0
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Feminist Initiative (Sweden)}};" |
| style="text-align:center;" |'''FI'''
|[[Feminist Initiative (Sweden)|Feminist Initiative]]<br>{{small|{{lang|sv|Feministiskt Initiativ}}}}
|[[Feminism]]
| style="text-align:center;" |Red-green-pink Coalition
|2.3%
|{{Composition bar|2|81|{{party color|Feminist Initiative (Sweden)}}}}
| -1
|}

Following the [[2018 Swedish municipal elections|2018 municipal elections]], neither traditional coalition of parties (the [[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]] and the [[Red-Greens (Sweden)|Red-Greens]]) was able to obtain a majority in the municipal assembly. The newly formed Democrats party, whose primary campaign promise is to stop the construction of the [[West Link]], obtained 14 seats in the assembly, making it the second-largest party. The Green Party and the Left Party announced on 6 November that they would draft their own municipal budget together, along with Feminist Initiative{{snd}}thus abandoning their traditional cooperation with the Social Democrats. This has been recognized as the three parties forming a local political alliance which has been referred to as the ''Red-green-pink coalition''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/s-stalls-utanfor-rodgronrosa-block-i-goteborg|title=S ställs utanför nya blocket i Göteborg |agency=[[TT news agency|TT]]|work=[[Svenska Dagbladet]]|access-date=2018-11-06|language=sv |trans-title=S is excluded from the new coalition in Gothenburg}}</ref> As a result of this the [[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance]] were able to take the power in Gothenburg for the first time in nearly 30 years.

The municipal executive committee (''kommunstyrelsen'') has 13 members, representing the six parties from the two major political coalitions who have seats in the assembly.

The chairwoman of the municipal assembly is [[Åse-Lill Törnquist]] (MP) and the chairman of the municipal executive committee (sometimes titled [[mayor]]) is [[Jonas Attenius]] from the Social Democrats.

=== List of mayors ===

*[[Sören Mannheimer]], (Social Democrats) 1985-1988
*[[Göran Johansson (politician)|Göran Johansson]], (Social Democrats) 1988–1991
*[[Johnny Magnusson]] (Moderate Party), 1991–1994
*[[Göran Johansson (politician)|Göran Johansson]] (Social Democrats), 1994–2009
*[[Anneli Hulthén]] (Social Democrats), 2009–2016
*[[Ann-Sofie Hermansson]] (Social Democrats), 2016–2018
*[[Axel Josefson]] (Moderate Party), 2018–2022
*[[Jonas Attenius]] (Social Democrats), 2022–

==International cooperation==
*[[Town twinning|Twin towns]]:
**{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen]], Norway
**{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Turku]], Finland
**{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Aarhus Municipality|Aarhus]], Denmark
*Partner cities:
**{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality|Nelson Mandela Bay]], South Africa
**{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Novi Sad]], Serbia
**{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lyon]], France

The cooperation with the South African Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (established in 1998) is a partnership fostering development of common fields of interest such as solid waste management, public libraries, sport and tourism.
Gothenburg had signed an agreement with [[Shanghai]] in 1986 which was upgraded in 2003 to include exchanges in culture, economics, trade and sport. However, the agreement was allowed to lapse in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/24/gothenburg-axes-twin-city-agreement-with-shanghai-as-sweden-closes-all-confucius-institutes/|title=Gothenburg axes twin city agreement with Shanghai as Sweden closes all Confucius Institutes|date=24 April 2020 |publisher=[[Hong Kong Free Press]] |first=Rachel |last=Wong}}</ref>

*Sister cities:
**{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chicago]], United States (since 1987)
**{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kraków]], Poland
**{{flagicon|EST}} [[Tallinn]], Estonia
**{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rostock]], Germany
*Regional:
**{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Oslo]], Norway

==See also==
* [[Gothenburg]]
* [[Gothenburg Law Court]]

==References==
{{Attached KML}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Göteborg Municipality}}
*[https://goteborg.se goteborg.se] - Official site for city of Gothenburg (in [[Swedish language|Swedish]])
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121212024802/http://www17.goteborg.se/english/ goteborg.se/english] - Official web page for short English description of the content in city of Gothenburg site {{in lang|en}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170708003418/https://international.goteborg.se/ international.goteborg.se] - Official international site for city of Gothenburg

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Gothenburg
 | N  = [[Kungälv Municipality|Kungälv]]
 | NE = [[Ale Municipality|Ale]]
 | E  = [[Lerum Municipality|Lerum]]<br/>[[Partille Municipality|Partille]]
 | SE = [[Härryda Municipality|Härryda]]
 | S  = [[Kungsbacka Municipality|Kungsbacka]] ([[Halland County|Halland]]), [[Mölndal Municipality|Mölndal]]
 | W  = [[Öckerö Municipality|Öckerö]]<br/>''[[Kattegat]]''
}}
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