Arendal, Port district in Gothenburg, Sweden

Arendal is a port district in Gothenburg that handles ships, cargo storage, and manufacturing operations along the waterfront. The area spans multiple facilities with docks, warehouses, and working plants where goods and workers move constantly throughout the day.

Arendal was long a rural estate: the farm Ardal is documented from 1529, when it belonged to Anders Esbjörnsson of Lödöse, and passed through owners including the commander of Nya Älvsborg, Christ. G. Wittingh, in 1709. From the mid-1870s it became a summer resort with villas such as Tjällstorp, built 1876–1877 for Jacob Dahl to designs by Gustaf Dahl. The shipyard Arendalsvarvet operated here from 1963 to 1989, and the name Arendal was fixed when the area was incorporated into Gothenburg in 1967.

The name Arendal was fixed when the area was incorporated into Gothenburg in 1967, taken from nearby Ardalsberget; the prefix Ar- may mean eagle (Old Swedish arna) or derive from the man's name Arne. Until 1967 the spelling Ardal dominated, with Arndal, Arnedal and Ahrendal recorded in the 15th and 16th centuries. The farm Ardal is documented from 1529, when it was owned by Anders Esbjörnsson of Lödöse.

Arendal lies on Hisingen, and the E6 runs through the district, with bus services linking it to central Gothenburg. The area is an industrial and logistics zone with few residents, so facilities are workplaces rather than visitor sites. The Volvo Museum that once stood here has moved elsewhere in Gothenburg.

Arendal was a seaside resort from the 1870s, when merchants and shipowners built summer villas in the small valley. The villa Tjällstorp, designed by architect Gustaf Dahl for city broker Jacob Dahl, was built in 1876–1877 and stayed in the family for four generations, until the mid-1960s.