Trädgårdsgatan (
Swedish: "Garden Street") is a small street 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 of
Stockholm
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,
Sweden
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. It stretches west from
Skeppar Olofs Gränd to
Källargränd
Källargränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Slottsbacken, the slope south of the Royal Palace, to the square Stortorget. It forms a parallel street to Trångsund and is intercepted by Trädgår ...
, just south of the
Royal Palace and north of the square
Stortorget
Stortorget (, "the Grand Square") is a public square in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is the oldest square in Stockholm, the historical centre on which the medieval urban conglomeration gradually came into being. To ...
. Forming a parallel to
Slottsbacken
Slottsbacken (, "Castle Slope") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.
It stretches east from the Stockholm Cathedral and the Royal Palace down to the street Skeppsbron which passes along the eastern waterfront ...
and
Köpmangatan, it is intercepted by
Trädgårdstvärgränd. On the northern side of the street are gates leading to
Bollhustäppan. It is named after the royal gardens once located along its northern side.
Created during the first half of the 15th century, Trädgårdsgatan was made parallel to Köpmangatan, passing through the lots on the north side of the latter, which were at the time
vegetable garden
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s belonging to neighbouring properties and to the Royal Palace. The present street remained nameless for a long time, its location north of the more well-known Köpmangatan reducing it to ''Norra Gränden'' ("The North Alley") or even ''Bakgränd'' ("Back Alley"). The present name was being used as,
Bollhuset
Bollhuset, also called (The Big Ball House), (Ball House Theater), and Gamla Bollhuset (Old Ball House) at various times, was the name of the first theater in Stockholm, Sweden; it was the first Swedish theater and the first real theater buildin ...
, a
ball game
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building, was created in the royal garden north of the street, while it was continuously being referred to as "the alley next to the archbishops residence". As the name of the street was included in a map dated 1733, and another from 1771, the name ''Trädgårdsgränd'' ("Garden Alley") was more frequently used. During the 19th century, the location of a police station in the
Tessin Palace
The Tessin Palace () is a baroque town house located in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm
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made the name ''Polisgränd'' ("Police Alley") common.
See also
*
List of streets and squares in Gamla stan
References
External links
hitta.se - Location map and virtual walkStockholmskällan - Historical photos
Streets in Stockholm
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