Skeppar Karls Gränd

Skeppar Karls Gränd (Swedish: "Skipper Karl'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 Telegrafgränd and Bredgränd.

The alley is named after a skipper who bought a property here in 1564. A tower in the city wall was also named after him in 1581 ("Skeppar Karls torn").cite book
title = Stockholms gatunamn
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1992
publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91-7031-042-4
pages = 68 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan] The alley was mentioned in 1569 as "Anders bottnekarls gränd" (after a man named Anders from northern Sweden (either Västerbotten, Norrbotten, or Österbotten) who's economy made him face prosecution at several occasions. The alley was also temporarily known as "Styrmansgränden" ("First Mate Alley"), unknown why.cite web
title = Stockholmiana I-IV
publisher = Project Runeberg
date = 1912
url = http://runeberg.org/wrangsto/0501.html
accessdate = 2007-01-18]

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

External links

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