Schönfeldts Gränd (
Swedish: "Alley of Schönfeldt") is an
alley
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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
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,
Sweden
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. Stretching south-west from
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), ' ...
to
Mälartorget it is crossed by
Lilla Nygatan and
Munkbrogatan
Munkbrogatan is a street in the western part of Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching south between Munkbron and Mälartorget squares, it forms a parallel street to Munkbroleden and Lilla Nygatan, crossed by Yxsmedsgr ...
, and forms a parallel street to
Kåkbrinken and
Lejonstedts Gränd
Lejonstedts Gränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Stora Nygatan to Mälartorget and crossed by Lilla Nygatan, it forms a parallel street to Tyska Brinken and Kornhamnstorg. It is named after t ...
.
Before the street names of the old town were revised in 1885, the part east of Lilla Nygatan was known as ''Schönfeldts gränd'', while the western part was called ''Prechtens gränd'' ("Alley of
hePrecht").
History
The name ''Prechtens gränd'' is composed of the German surname Precht with a
definite article
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In English, both "the" ...
suffix added to it, and refers to the German-born court sculptor Buchardt Precht (1651–1738) whose workshop was located on the corner to Lilla Nygatan. A map dated 1733, probably erroneously, labels the street ''Prechtris gr''
'änd'' the same section in 1737 referred to as ''Badstugugårds eller Prechtens gränd'' ("Bathhouse Homestead or..."); and a guide in 1820 names it ''Prectens gr''
'änd''
''Schönfeldts gränd'' refers to Greger von Schönfeldt (1625–1675),
judge
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at the
board of trade
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, who bought the palace built by
Lennart Torstensson
Lennart Torstensson (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651), Swedish Field Marshal and later Governor-General of Pomerania, Västergötland, Dalsland, Värmland and Halland. He adapted the use of artillery on the battlefield, making it a more mobile we ...
(1603–1651) north of the alley between Lilla and Stora Nygatan in 1674. He died before the palace was completed, but his wife and family could finally move in during 1680. Later proprietors include, the president of the
Privy Council Arvid Bernhard Horn (1664–1742), who took possession of the palace through his wife Inga Törnflycht; the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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who bought the property in 1778;
Jernkontoret, trade association of the Swedish steel industry;
Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB moved in 1820; and from the 1960s it is the HQ of
Moderata Samlingspartiet, the Swedish
liberal conservative
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party.
See also
*
List of streets and squares in Gamla stan
References
External links
hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk
Streets in Stockholm
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