Stora Hoparegränd

Stora Hoparegränd (Swedish: "Larger Hopare Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Connecting Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Skottgränd and Drakens gränd.

It appears in historical records as "Mechiill hopares grennd" (1550), "Hopers grändh" (1578), "Michel Hopers grendh" (1582), "St. Hopare gr [änd] " (1733)cite book
title = Stockholms gatunamn
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1992
publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91-7031-042-4
pages = 72-73 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan] cite web
author = Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel
title = Stockholmiana I-IV
publisher = Project Runeberg
date = 1912
url = http://runeberg.org/wrangsto/0082.html
accessdate = 2007-01-26]

Hoparegränd is named after a Michel Hoper (or Hopare) who owned a property in the alley during the first half of the 16th century. The man's widow, Brita, handed the property over to the husband of her nephew in 1566 in exchange for sustenance. The name is of Dutch or Frisian origin, except being a surname also indicating a profession, hooper (e.g. maker of barrels).

A film, "Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket" ("Stora Hoparegränd and Heaven") was released in 1949.cite web
title = Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
publisher = Movie Art Gallery
date = 1949
url = http://www.movieart.se/s_posterdetails.asp?s_ID=1446
accessdate = 2007-01-26] cite web
title = Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket (1949)
publisher = IMDb
date = 1949
url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041920/
accessdate = 2007-01-26]

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan
* Lilla Hoparegränd

External links

* [http://www.hitta.se/SearchCombi.aspx?__VIEWSTATE=%2FwEPDwUKMTg4NDI3NTMzNWRk&UCSB%3AWflWhite=1a1b&UCSB%3AWflPink=4a&SearchType=4&UCSB%3ABBX1=&UCSB%3ABBY1=&UCSB%3ABBX2=&UCSB%3ABBY2=&UCSB%3ATextBoxWho=&UCSB%3ATextBoxWhere=Stora+Hoparegr%E4nd&UCSB%3AButtonSearch=%A0%A0hitta%21%A0%A0&CombiDetails%3AMapControl%3Acx=1629168&CombiDetails%3AMapControl%3Acy=6580347&CombiDetails%3AMapControl%3ApointsHidden=&CombiDetails%3AMapControl%3Az=3 hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk]