Liseberg
Gothenburg, Sweden
Situated on Sweden's west coast, the Liseberg amusement park got its start in the 1750s when Johan Anders Lamberg named his property "Lisas berg," or
"Lisa's Mountain." The city of Gothenburg purchased the property in 1908. The city celebrated its 300th anniversary in 1923 and added rides and a roller coaster to the park. Liseberg continued to grow with the
addition of a dance hall, a large pool, a hotel, the Lisebergs Lustgarten (Botanical Garden), and many, many new rides. Adjacent to the park is the Lisebergshallen arena, Rondo exhibition hall, and Liseberg Theater.
Six coasters have left Liseberg:
- Bergbanan (1923-1987) was a wooden Side Friction roller coaster that required a Brakeman to ride in the back of each train.
- Cirkusexpressen (1977-2008) was a Medium Tivoli coaster from Zierer. In English, its name translates to Circus Express. It was originally called
Lilla Berganan from its opening until it got a circus theme in 1986.
- HangOver (1997-2002) was a Vekoma Intertigo with three inversions. It was the first Invertigo ever built. It was shipped to the
Allou Fun Park in Athens, Greece, but it was never reassembled there. It then operated as Tornado at Sommerland Syd in Tinglev, Demark from 2005 to 2011. Since 2012, it has been running as
Triops at the Bagatelle amusement park in Merlimont, France.
- Kanonen (2005-2016) was a launched Intamin Accelerator Coaster with two inversions. Since 2023, it has been operating in Iowa as
Matugani at Lost Island Theme Park. (See pictures below for additional details.)
- Lisebergs Loopen (1980-1985) was a Schwarzkopf Looping Star model with one inversion. From 1996 until the park closed 2012,
it operated as Looping Star at Playcenter São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil. From 2016 to 2018, it was Looping Star it Ita Park in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. That park was only open from 2016 to 2018, so the ride
was relocated yet again and operated as Looping Star at Tivoli Park in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. It operated for the entire time that the park was opened, but that park, which was just a bunch of rides in a parking lot, only
operated from 2020 to 2022. The ride has not reappeared, so its long history may finally be over.
- Super 8 (1966-1979) was a Schwarzkopf Wildcat 65m model.
