Kungsparken, Gothenburg

Kungsparken, Gothenburg
Kungsparken in winter
LocationGothenburg, Sweden
Coordinates57°42′3.74″N 11°58′2.85″E / 57.7010389°N 11.9674583°E / 57.7010389; 11.9674583
OpenedMid-1850 (1850)
Owned byVästra Götaland Regional Council
StatusOpen year round

Kungsparken (Swedish for King's park), originally Kungsportsparken, is a 13-hectare park behind Stora Teatern in Gothenburg, which encloses most of Nya Allén walkway, and constitutes a so-called park district. Kungsparken was built in several stages between 1839 and 1861.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the park was a meeting place for the city's homosexual men.

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