Själagårdsgatan

Själagårdsgatan

Själagårdsgatan (Swedish: "The Charitable Institution Street") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching south from Köpmangatan to Tyska Brunnsplan, it forms a parallel street to Baggensgatan. It crosses the small triangular square Brända Tomten and is intercepted by Kindstugatan, Tyska Skolgränd, and Svartmangatan.

History

The street, appearing as "Siela gardz gatan" in 1487, "Sielegatenn" in 1593, "Siähl gårdz gatan" in 1688, and "Siärgårds Gatan" 1718, is named after a charitable institution ("Själagård", "Soul Building/Homestead") built on number 13 in the early 1420s. The institution was founded by a Christian Charitable trust as a home for old and sick, financed by donations ("själagåvor", "gifts of the soul"). This sort of Christian institutions disappeared after the Reformation during the second half of the 16th century.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 building in question was later used as the royal printing house were printing pioneer Jürgen Richolff the Younger produced the 1526 translation into Swedish of the New Testament.cite web
title = Boktryckarkonstens pionjärer i Uppsala
publisher = Roland Agius
date = 2006-03-21
location = Stockholm
url = http://rolandagius.blogg.se/kultur.html
accessdate = 2007-02-03] The building was then used as a junior secondary school ("trivialskola", "commoners' school") until the 19th century.

As the Swedish word "Själagård" ceased to be used, the street name gradually was interpreted as "Skärgårdsgatan" ("The Archipelago Street"), which was its official name during the 18th and 19th centuries and still used by older people until the 1960s. The street was officially renamed in 1925.

The film "Den vita katten" directed by Hasse Ekman in 1950 was shot on the location.cite web
title = Svensk Filmdatabas : Den vita katten
publisher = Svenska Filminstitutet
date =
location = Stockholm
url = http://193.10.144.135/(ifcemw4511m4mpu1t2se2r45)/movie.aspx?id=4315&view=5
accessdate = 2007-02-03]

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

External links

* [http://www.hitta.se/ViewDetailsPlace.aspx?SearchType=4&UCSB%3aWflWhite=1a1b&UCSB%3aWflPink=4a&UCSB%3aTextBoxWho=&UCSB%3aTextBoxWhere=Sj%e4lag%e5rdsgatan&StreetNumberId=100456079 hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk]


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