Drakens Gränd

Drakens Gränd in April 2007.
The portal and wall anchor of Number 6.

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]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Innerstaden: Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed. ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 53. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
  2. ↑ Wrangel, Fredrik Ulrik (1912). "En vandring i staden 1646". Project Runeberg. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel (1912). "Stockholmiana I-IV". Project Runeberg. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
  4. ↑ "Erik Asklund". Swedish Wikipedia. 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
  5. ↑ "Kolla in Kungens smarta skatteklipp - så gjorde han". Dagens PS. 2006-01-12. Retrieved 2007-01-19.

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Coordinates: 59°19′28.0″N 18°04′29.1″E / 59.324444°N 18.074750°E