Birger Jarls Torg

Birger Jarls Torg is a public square on Riddarholmen in Gamla stan, the old town in Stockholm, Sweden.

The square used to be called "Riddarholmstorget", but was in the mid-19th century renamed "Birger Jarls Torg" after Birger Jarl, traditionally attributed as the founder of Stockholm, and a statue of him was erected on the square in 1854.

The square is surrounded by half a dozen of palaces, today mostly occupied by various governmental authorities, together making not only the square, but the entire island a less than vital area isolated from the rest of the city by the artery traffic route Centralbron. (See Riddarholmen.)

Just south of the square is the church Riddarholmskyrkan.

ee also

*List of streets and squares in Gamla stan