Gothenburg City Theatre, Municipal theatre at Götaplatsen square, Sweden.

Gothenburg City Theatre is a theatre at Götaplatsen in the Lorensberg district, designed by Carl Bergsten with Knut Ström and opened on 29 September 1934. Bergsten's first 1929 proposal was in 1920s classicism; he adapted it to functionalist ideals but kept classical features such as the columns of the main facade. The base alternates black labrador stone and polished grey-veined granite, and two granite caryatids by Ivar Johnsson carry the entrance canopy. The main stage seats 600, with a smaller Studio stage.

The company began in 1918 at Lorensbergsteatern, Sweden's first state-subsidised theatre outside Stockholm, after a 1916 gift of one million kronor from ten Gothenburg citizens. The new house at Götaplatsen, designed by Carl Bergsten with Knut Ström, was inaugurated on 29 September 1934 with Shakespeare's The Storm. Torsten Hammarén directed from 1934 to 1950, making the theatre known for anti-Nazi productions during the Second World War.

The theatre sits on Götaplatsen, the city's main cultural square, alongside museums and an art hall, making the area a natural gathering point for locals. Visitors will notice that the building faces a large fountain and sculpture, giving the whole square a sense of purpose and openness.

The main entrance is on Götaplatsen, where the facade alternates black labrador stone and grey granite, with two granite caryatids supporting the canopy. The main auditorium seats 600; the smaller Studio opened in 1937 on the top floor of the entrance block. The 2002 rebuilding of the main stage widened the opening and removed the top row of seats.

When the theatre opened in 1934, its stage machinery was designed and installed by engineers from Gothenburg's shipbuilding industry, not by theatre specialists. This background brought an unusually technical approach to the stage equipment from the very first day.