[3] Lödöse was a politically crucial centre of trade in Sweden during the middle ages.

By the year 1000, Lödöse was an important trading town, located between modern-day Oslo and Copenhagen and near the mouth of the Göta river.

In 1621, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden decided the location of present-day Gothenburg with direct access to the North Sea and Atlantic.

[4] Today, Lödöse is a small town with 1,300 inhabitants in Lilla Edet Municipality, 40 kilometers northeast of Gothenburg up the Göta älv.

The medieval history of the town is displayed at the Lödöse Museum which opened in 1996.