Norra Bankogränd

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Warped window in the alley showing the defective foundation of the building on the northern side.

Norra Bankogränd in March 2007.

Norra Bankogränd (Swedish: "Northern Bank Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan and Järntorget.

Old names 

Banco-gränden (1729), Norra Bancogränd (1733)

Parallel streets 

Tullgränd, Södra Bankogränd

Crossing streets 

Skeppsbron, Österlånggatan

The alley is passing north of the Bank of Sweden Building constructed by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615-1684) during the period 1666-1682. The part of the building facing Skeppsbron was rebuilt later and when the northern bank building was built during the 1770s, a covered bridge over the alley was added. The bank moved to Helgeandsholmen in 1906.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed., Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 63. ISBN 91-7031-042-4. 

[edit] See also

• List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

[edit] External links

• hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk

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