Trädgårdstvärgränd () is a small
alley
An alley or alleyway is a narrow lane, path, or passageway, often reserved for pedestrians, which usually runs between, behind, or within buildings in the older parts of towns and cities. It is also a rear access or service road ( back lane ...
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. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla st ...
, the old town in central
Stockholm,
Sweden. Stretching north from
Köpmangatan
Köpmangatan (Swedish: "The Merchant Street") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. A parallel street to Trädgårdsgatan, it stretches from the central square Stortorget to Köpmantorget, intercepted by Trädgårdstvärg ...
to
Trädgårdsgatan
Trädgårdsgatan (Swedish: "Garden Street") is a small street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. It stretches west from Skeppar Olofs Gränd to Källargränd, just south of the Royal Palace and north of the square Stortorget. Form ...
, it forms a parallel street to
Skeppar Olofs Gränd and
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 Trädg ...
. It is located just south of
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
Bollhustäppan, not far from
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. ...
.
The alley, together with Trädgårdsgatan, is named after the
vegetable garden
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s located here during the 16th century and belonging to the properties along the northern side of Köpmangatan and to the
Royal Palace
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. Just like Trägårdsgatan, Trädgårdstvärgränd remained a nameless street for many years, before a man named Hans Helsing in 1456 bought a property in an alley said to be located "on the street running from Merchant's street (Köpmangatan)" (''oppå the gathunne som løper fra køpmanna gatwnne''). In 1488, the alley is named ''Swen helsingx grendh'' after the
magistrate
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Sven Helsing inhabiting it, and in 1490 it is referred to as ''Suen helsingx bryggehus och brun mot twergrenden'' ("Sven helsing's brewery and well next cross-alley"). The current names of the two streets seem to have come into use during the 18th century, both appearing on maps dated 1733 and 1780.
See also
*
List of streets and squares in Gamla stan
References
External links
Stockholmkällan - Historical photoshitta.se - Location map and virtual walk
Streets in Stockholm
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