The destroyer was sunk during the Hårsfjärden disaster of 7 September 1941 when an explosion amongst the torpedoes mounted aft led to the loss of thirty lives, the largest number in Swedish territorial waters during the war.

The design proved successful and was subsequently reordered, ultimately leading to a class of 6 vessels named after towns.

[2] Power was provided by three Penhoët oil-fired boilers feeding two de Laval geared steam turbines driving two shafts.

New materials allowed the boilers to be superheated to 125 °C (257 °F), which raised the rated power to 32,000 shaft horsepower (24,000 kW) to give a design speed of 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph).

[3] A total of 150 tonnes (150 long tons) of fuel oil was carried to give a range of 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).

[8] On 8 April 1940, during the invasion of Norway, a ship claiming to be Göteborg was fired on by the British destroyer HMS Glowworm.

Burning oil spilt onto the water, and 33 lives were lost, although it would have been worse had the majority of the crew not been on shore leave at the time.

[13] The vessel resumed service and, at the end of the conflict, approached the German submarine U-3503 at Gothenburg when that boat surrendered on 6 May 1945.