Stora Hoparegränd
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Stora Hoparegränd (Swedish: "Larger Hopare Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan.
- Old names
- Mechiill hopares grennd (1550), Hopers grändh (1578), Michel Hopers grendh (1582), St. Hopare gr[änd] (1733)[1][2]
- Parallel streets
- Skottgränd, Drakens gränd
- Crossing streets
- Skeppsbron, Österlånggatan
Hoparegränd is named after a Michel Hoper (or Hopare) who owned a property in the alley during the first half of the 16th century. The man's widow, Brita, handed the property over to the husband of her nephew in 1566 in exchange for sustenance. The name is of Dutch or Frisian origin, except being a surname also indicating a profession, hooper (e.g. maker of barrels).[1][2]
A film, Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket ("Stora Hoparegränd and Heaven") was released in 1949.[3] [4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed., Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 72-73. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
- ^ a b Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel (1912). Stockholmiana I-IV. Project Runeberg. Retrieved on January 26, 2007.
- ^ Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket. Movie Art Gallery (1949). Retrieved on January 26, 2007.
- ^ Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket (1949). IMDb (1949). Retrieved on January 26, 2007.
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