Torgdragargränd

Torgdragargränd (Swedish: "Market Draughter's Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from the street Västerlånggatan to the square Kornhamnstorg, it forms a parallel street to Tyska Brinken and Funckens Gränd

The alley was opened in 1981 with the present name commemorating the people working at the market next to the alley.cite book | language = Swedish
title = Gamla stan med Slottet och Riddarholmen | pages = 84
author = Béatrice Glase, Gösta Glase | chapter = Västra Stadsholmen
edition = 3rd ed. | year = 1988 | id = ISBN 91 7160 823 0
publisher = Bokförlaget Trevi | location = Stockholm] 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.cite book
title = Stockholms gatunamn
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1992
publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91-7031-042-4
pages = 77 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan]

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

External links

* [http://www.stockholmskallan.se/index.php?sokning=1&action=visaPost&countPlace=0&mediaId=1518&start=0&fritext=Torgdragargr%E4nd Stockholmskällan - Historical photos]