The Gothenburg School of Economics

The School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg University or Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet is a business school at the Gothenburg University in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was founded in 1923 and is a part of Gothenburg University. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 74 KB) Summary Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 74 KB) Summary Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law. ... A business school is a university-level institution that teaches topics such as accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, strategy and quantitative methods. ... Gothenburg University, or Göteborgs universitet, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: (help· info)) ) is a city and municipality on the west-coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gothenburg University, or Göteborgs universitet, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. ...

The school is situated in the centre of the city, between the districts Vasastan and Haga. Haga, or Haga parken, outside Stockholm, Sweden, is a vast and popular nature area, with parks, lakes, woods and gardens. ...

A first major extension of the school was made 1952 according to the designs of the architect Carl Nyrén (in Functionalistic style), the second extension was made 1995 and the style chosen for the new building was Neo-Functionalism. Carl Nyrén (born 1917) is a Swedish architect. ... Functionalism, in architecture, is the principle that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building. ...

Notable alumni

• Pehr G. Gyllenhammar (b. 1935), industry leader, former CEO of Volvo
• Jan Eliasson (b. 1940), diplomat, Swedish foreign minister
• Percy Barnevik (b. 1941), industry leader, former CEO of Asea Brown Boveri

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See also:

• Stockholm School of Economics
• Umeå School of Business
• Lund School of Economics and Management
• List of universities in Sweden

The Stockholm School of Economics or Handelshögskolan is a business school and private university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... UmeÃ¥ School of Business USBE   USBE; Umea School of Business, or Handelshögskolan i UmeÃ¥, is a Business school at UmeÃ¥ University in the midnorth of Sweden. ... Main building The Lund School of Economics and Management or Ekonomihögskolan is a business school at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. ... This is a list of universities and academic institutions in Sweden. ...

External links

• School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg University - Official site
• List of business schools in Scandinavia