Drakens Gränd

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Drakens Gränd (Swedish: "Dragon's Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Stora Hoparegränd and Ferkens Gränd.

It appears in historical records as Bredgränd (?), brede gränden (?), Makelerens gränd (17th century, after a Jacob Mac Leer), Bergsgränd (1686), Drakens gr[änd] (1728), Skultans gränd (?)^[1][2][3]

The alley is named after the tavern Draken ("The Dragon") once found in the western end of the street. During the 1660s it was owned by a Melchior Schipman; in 1682 bought by Jöran Berg and renamed Förgyllda Draken ("Gilded Dragon"); and finally discontinued after the latter's death in 1722.^[1][3]

The proletarian author Erik Asklund (1908-1980) wrote the novel Drakens gränd in 1965 as part of a trilogy.^[4]

Drakens gränd is also the name of a company owned by King Carl XVI Gustav (1946-). The company appeared in Swedish media in early 2006, as a property in the alley owned by the king featured in transactions for which the king was accused of tax avoidance.^[5]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed., Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 53. ISBN 91-7031-042-4. 
2. ^ Wrangel, Fredrik Ulrik (1912). En vandring i staden 1646. Project Runeberg. Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
3. ^ ^{a b} Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel (1912). Stockholmiana I-IV. Project Runeberg. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
4. ^ Erik Asklund. Swedish Wikipedia (2006-10-05). Retrieved on 2007-01-19.
5. ^ Kolla in Kungens smarta skatteklipp - så gjorde han. Dagens PS (2006-01-12). Retrieved on 2007-01-19.

[edit] See also

• List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

[edit] External links

• hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk

Coordinates: 59°19′28.0″N 18°04′29.1″E / 59.324444, 18.07475