Why is the G?vle Room called G?vle, and how is it pronounced??
The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center offers weekly installments of Campus Swedish Facts. Today's is: Why is the G?vle Room called G?vle, and how is it pronounced?
The G?vle Room in the Gerber Center is named after the city of G?vle, which lies roughly 100 miles north of Stockholm in the Swedish province of G?strikland.
The Reverend Lars Paul Esbj?rn, 365体育投注_365体育备用网址@ Seminary’s first president, was educated in the city of G?vle and it was from G?vle that Esbj?rn and a small group of congregants left for the United States, eventually settling in Andover, Ill. The name of the large, versatile Gerber Center meeting space is a nod to the city that was so important to Esbj?rn in his youth.
Now, the city of G?vle is perhaps best known for being the home of “G?vle Bock” or the G?vle Goat, a 13-meter (42.6 feet) tall straw goat that is erected every year to celebrate the holiday season. Despite the city’s best efforts, the goat has been set on fire no fewer than 36 times in its 55-year history. The goat has become so important to the city’s identity that the city logo is actually a G shaped like a goat.
Other famous people to have called G?vle home: Eric Jansson (founder of the Bishop Hill colony), Joe Hill (Joel Emmanuel H?gglund, Swedish-American labor activist), and a number of NHL players (too many to list).
Pronunciation of G?vle: /?j??vl?/