Kungsparken, Gothenburg | |
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![]() Kungsparken in winter | |
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Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Coordinates | 57°42′3.74″N11°58′2.85″E / 57.7010389°N 11.9674583°E /57.7010389; 11.9674583 |
Opened | Mid-1850 (1850) |
Owned by | Västra Götaland Regional Council |
Status | Open year round |
Kungsparken (Swedish forKing's park), originallyKungsportsparken, is a 13-hectare park behindStora Teatern inGothenburg, which encloses most of Nya Allén walkway, and constitutes a so-called park district. Kungsparken was built in several stages between 1839 and 1861.[1][2]
In the 1940s and 1950s, the park was a meeting place for the city's homosexual men.[3]