Godthab is the capital and most populous city of Sverland (an European Union member country located in far north Scandinavia above the Arctic Circle). Approximately 475,000 people live in the urban area of Godthab which stretches across 18 islands where Hammeralven (Hammer River) flows into the Baltic Sea. The area has been settled since the pre-Stone Age, in the 7th Century BCE, and was founded as a city in 1226 by a Swedish merchant. The original city was Gotaab before the settlement was relocated to the current area in the late 1300s (now named as Gamla Stan). In the mid-1800s, Nystad (New Town) was developed and quickly became the commercial and office centre of the Godthab region.

Godthab is now the cultural, academic, media, political and economic centre of Sverland. The Godthab metropolitan region alone accounts for over a half of the country's GDP and is among the top 15 regions in Europe by GDP per capita. Godthab has been ranked as a beta-global city and is the fourth largest city in Scandinavia. Jonkoping (a business district) is one of the main financial and corporate centres in Europe. Godthab is the seat of Sverlandic Government, Sverlands Riksdag (Parliament), and is home to the highest judiciaries in the country. Also located in the city, Godthabs Universitet is ranked in the world's top 60. Although the official language is Sverlandic which is a combination of Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian, English is commonly used as a second language.

Aerial view of Godthab with area labels:

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