Göteborgs Symfoniker

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO), in Swedish: Göteborgs Symfoniker, is a Swedish symphony orchestra based in Gothenburg which was formed in 1905 as "Göteborgs orkesterförenings orkester". The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is one of Sweden's seven professional symphony orchestras, and among these one of the four that are "fully developed". It has 109 full-time musicians and gives most of its concerts in Gothenburg Concert Hall, but has a second permanent stage in Vara Concert Hall. Since 1984, the orchestra gives an annual outdoor concert in the park Slottsskogen in June and has also given several concerts at Götaplatsen as part of Gothenburg's cultural party. The orchestra has the Västra Götaland region as principal.