Götaplatsen is a public square in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the southern end of Avenyn, the city's main boulevard.[1] The square was inaugurated when Gothenburg held a major international industrial exhibition, In 1923, celebrating the city's 300th anniversary.
Much of the southern part of Götaplatsen is terraced in stone with wide stairs leading up to the Gothenburg Museum of Art's seven high arches. Until the 1980s, the Museum of Art´s entrance was positioned at the top of the archway. Today however, the entrance has been moved a number of levels further down, closer to the street level, where the Hasselblad Centre is also located.
Across the gallery, which is located as a side-house to the Gothenburg Museum of Art at Götaplatsen’s southeastern corner, stood a triumphal arch which was the entrance to the exhibition area during the Gothenburg Exhibition. This triumphal arch was demolished in 1928.
The statue was inaugurated on 24 September 1931. The Gothenburg City Theatre was opened on 29 September 1934. The following year, in 1935, the Gothenburg Concert Hall was built on the other side of Götaplatsen.
