Staying in luxury with Mother Svea at Hotel Elite Plaza in Gothenburg – video

On the roof of the Hotel Elite Plaza in Gothenburg sits the statue of Mother Svea, the warrior princess who personifies the Swedish nation, with shield on one side and lions on the other, ready to repel all those who might dare to invade her beloved homeland. From our room on the 5th floor just behind the statue, we had the same view as Mother Svea, over the green copper rooftops of the elegant buildings nearby and towards the nearby canal or moat that surrounds the central quarter of the city. The statue belongs to the time when the building was the office of the Swedish Fire and Life Insurance company, Svea who commissioned the building in 1890 bringing in all the specialist firms in the city to create a grand and solid building that was designed to impress.