Triewaldsgränd (
Swedish: "Alley of Triewalds") 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
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in central
Stockholm
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,
Sweden
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. Stretching south from the square
Järntorget to
Kornhamnstorg and
Munkbroleden, it forms a parallel street to
Funckens Gränd
Funckens Gränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Leading south from the street Västerlånggatan to the square Kornhamnstorg, it forms a parallel street to Torgdragargränd and Triewaldsgränd.
Origin of th ...
and
Järntorgsgatan.
The name is derived from the German
farrier
A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary. A farrier combines some blacksmith's skills (fabricating, adapting, and adju ...
and anchor smith Mårten Triewald the Elder who bought a building at number 5 in 1694. He is mostly known through his sons, the captain and mechanic Mårten Triewald the Younger, co-founder of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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, and the diplomat and poet Samuel von Triewald. The street is labelled ''Triwalds gr''
'änd''on a map dated 1733, but is humorously referred to as ''Trivialsgränd'' ("The Trivial Alley"), either a paraphrasing of the original name or referring to the block north of Järntorget named ''Trivia''.
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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