Funckens Gränd
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Funckens Gränd (Swedish: "Alley of [the] Funck") 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.
The street appears in historical records in 1666 as Funckens grendh, named after the burgher Tomas Funck (1580-1645) who moved to Stockholm from Stralsund. The Funck family owned several properties in the alley, except for the so called Funck House (Funckska huset) on 53, Kornhamnstorg, also one on the opposite side of the alley.[1] As the daughter-in-law of Tomas Funck, Elisabet Hansdotter, bought other neighbouring properties in 1680 and 1698, most of the alley belonged to the family, and as the alley's earlier name Bredgränd (17th century) was used for other streets, the family therefore gave its name to the alley. In the middle of 16th century it was named Stråbucksgränd or Henrik Stråbucks gränd.[2][1]
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- ^ a b (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed., Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 53. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
- ^ Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel (1912). Stockholmiana I-IV 161. Project Runeberg. Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
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