Gåsgränd (
Swedish: "Goose Alley") is an
alley
An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, footpath, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road (back lane), or a path, w ...
in
Gamla stan
Gamla Stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla Stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Gamla Stan includes the surrounding islets ...
, the old town in central
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. Connecting the streets
Västerlånggatan
Västerlånggatan ("the Western Long Street") is a street in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching southward between the squares Mynttorget and Järntorget, it follows the course of the city's now demolished 13th-century defen ...
,
Stora Nygatan
Stora Nygatan is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. The troubadour Carl Michael Bellman lived at number 1 in 1785-1787 and at number 20 (still present) in 1787–88.
Description
*Old names: ''nyegatun'' (1636), ' ...
, and
Lilla Nygatan
Lilla Nygatan () is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from the square Munkbron south to Kornhamnstorg, the street in intercepted by Yxsmedsgränd, Kåkbrinken, Schönfeldts Gränd, Tyska Brinken, and Le ...
, it forms a parallel street to
Ignatiigränd
Ignatiigränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Västerlånggatan to Stora Nygatan, it forms a parallel street to Göran Hälsinges Gränd and Gåsgränd.
History
The alley is called ''MÃ¥rte ...
and
Överskärargränd
Överskärargränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Västerlånggatan to Stora Nygatan passing on the south side of Gåstorget, it forms a parallel street to Gåsgränd and Sven Vintappares ...
, and leads down to the square
Munkbron
Munkbron ( Swedish: "Monk's Bridge") is a public square on the western waterfront of Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Connected to the square are Stora Gråmunkegränd, Gåsgränd, Lilla Nygatan, Yxsmedsgränd, and Munkbr ...
on the western waterfront of the old town. On the upper stretch of the alley is a small square,
GÃ¥storget
Gåstorget (Swedish language, Swedish: "Goose Square") is a small public square in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, situated between the two alleys Överskärargränd and Gåsgränd.
History
In 1730, city engineer Johan Eber ...
.
History
In the 15th and 16th century, the alley was named ''Grågåsens gränd'' ("Alley of the Grey-Goose") after a woman,
Ragnhild Grågås Ragnhild Grågås (died 1510) was a 15th century resident of Stockholm, Sweden.
She was the person after whom Gåsgränd in Gamla stan was named.
History
Grågås was the centre of a court case. On 23 June 1477, she and her daughter were accused ...
, who lived in the alley around 1500. It is mentioned in 1492 as ''Gragasenne grendh'' and referred to a few years later as ''nest nordan hwstrv Ragnil Gragossenne gardh'' ("next north of wife Ragnil Gragossenne's homestead"). In 1513, a ''Gragasene grend'' is mentioned as is an old house ''Ragnil Gragas geffuit hade j testament'' ("...given had in
hetestament").
During the 17th century, however, the most commonly used name for the alley was ''Anders Siggessons gränd'' ("Alley of Anders Siggesson", 1594); a hundred years later, the alley was referred to as ''Saltmätargränd'' ("Salt Gauger's Alley", 1669), most likely after a Bertil Mattsson who bought a property in the alley in 1652. On a map dated 1733, the western part is marked as Saltmätargränd, while the eastern is called Gåsgränd, the former made a section of the latter in 1885.
See also
*
List of streets and squares in Gamla stan
References
External links
hitta.se - Location map
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Streets in Stockholm