Göteborg - Gustav Adolfs Torg

On the north side of the Stora Hamnkanal is Gustav Adolfs Torg, a large square which was called simply Stora Torget until 1854, when the statue of Gustavus Adolphus (by B. E. Fogelberg) was erected. It is the second version of the statue: the first, cast in Munich, was acquired by Bremen after the ship carrying it ran aground and the citizens of Göteborg refused to pay the salvage money demanded by the men of Heligoland.