The Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Swedish:

Swedish language

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 Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset) is a system of hospital

Hospital

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s associated with the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden

Sweden

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. The hospital is named after philanthropist Niclas Sahlgren

Niclas Sahlgren

Niclas Sahlgren , was a Swedish merchant and philanthropist.Born into a wealthy merchant family in Gothenburg, Sahlgren was sent at the age of 16 as an apprentice to the Tietzen & Schröder trading house in Amsterdam, where he learned languages and other aspects of trade...

 and is one of the largest hospitals in Northern Europe

Northern Europe

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It serves the Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

 region, which comprises approximately 900,000 people, and also offers highly specialised medical care for the whole of Sweden.