Torgdragargränd

Wooden gates in the western end of Torgdragargränd which were kept closed until 1981.

The Torgdragargränd alley was opened in 1981 with the present name commemorating the people working at the market next to the alley.^[1]

Naming contest

The daily paper Dagens Nyheter arranged a naming contest in 1981, and the winning proposal, produced by Gunnar Rönn, a man working in the alley, referred to the people working at the market on Kornhamnstorg who used to literally 'draught' their goods and market stalls from the alley to the square every morning (called Torgdragare, literally: "Square draughters"). He also told the paper how these people used to locate dusky corners of the alley whenever they needed something stronger to drink than water, occasionally ending up sharing a diner, including herring, loaf, and schnaps, on a shutter placed upon the dustbins standing in the alley.^[2]

Gallery

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  The sun reaches the alley for a short moment daily.

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  Seal of the Stockholm Masonry Master's Guild (Murmestare Embetet i Stockholm)

See also

• List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

References

1. ↑ Béatrice Glase, Gösta Glase (1988). "Västra Stadsholmen". Gamla stan med Slottet och Riddarholmen (in Swedish) (3rd ed. ed.). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Trevi. p. 84. ISBN 91-7160-823-0. 
2. ↑ "Innerstaden: Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed. ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 77. ISBN 91-7031-042-4. 

External links

• Stockholmskällan - Historical photos

Coordinates: 59°19′23″N 18°04′18″E / 59.32306°N 18.07167°E / 59.32306; 18.07167