Bedoirsgränd

Bedoirsgränd (Swedish: "Alley of Bedoir") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Västerlånggatan to Stora Nygatan, it forms a parallel street to Kåkbrinken and Skräddargränd.

The alley is named after the merchant Jean Bedoire the Younger (1683-1753) who for some time ruled the Swedish salt market and became the proprietor of the narrow block "Parcas" north of the alley in 1707 when he married Maria Juliana Paradis, the widow of wine trader Conrad Cuyper who had used the block as a wine storage. Jean Bedoire successfully developed the business of his father and namesake by exporting iron and salt and as a banker, including kings such as Charles XII and Frederick I among his customers. He died in 1753, leaving a fortune of 5,700,000 copper riksdaler behind. (See also 7, Stortorget.) The shutters on the building date from this era, as do the unassuming Rococo portal of Number 2.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 name first appears on a map dated 1733. The alley is mentioned in 1581 as "Lille Brynhilz grändh" ("Smaller Alley of Bryniel").cite book
title = Stockholms gatunamn
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1992
publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91-7031-042-4
pages = 52 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan]

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

External links

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