Triewaldsgränd

Triewaldsgränd ( _sv. Alley of Triewalds) is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching south from the square Järntorget to Kornhamnstorg and Munkbroleden, it forms a parallel street to Funckens Gränd and Järntorgsgatan.

The name is derived from the German farrier and anchor smith Mårten Triewald the Elder who bought a building on number 5 in 1694. He is mostly known through his sons, the captain and mechanic Mårten Triewald the Younger, co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the diplomat and poet Samuel von Triewald. The street is labelled "Triwalds gr" ["änd"] on a map dated 1733, but is humourously referred to as "Trivialsgränd" ("The Trivial Alley"), either a paraphrasing of the original name or referring to the block north of Järntorget named "Trivia".cite book
title = Stockholms gatunamn | language = Swedish
edition = 2nd ed. | year = 1992
publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
location = Stockholm | id = ISBN 91-7031-042-4
pages = 77 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan] cite web
title = Stockholmiana I-IV | pages = 199 | language = Swedish
author = Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel | publisher = Project Runeberg
year = 1912 | accessdate = 2007-02-26
url = http://runeberg.org/wrangsto/0221.html]

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

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=Triewaldsgr%E4nd&UCSB%3AButtonSearch=%A0%A0hitta%21%A0%A0&CombiDetails%3AMapControl%3Acx=1629131&CombiDetails%3AMapControl%3Acy=6580276&CombiDetails%3AMapControl%3ApointsHidden=&CombiDetails%3AMapControl%3Az=3 hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk]
* [http://www.stockholmskallan.se/index.php?sokning=1&action=visaPost&countPlace=0&mediaId=1372&start=0&urval=foto&fritext=Triewaldsgr%E4nd Stockholmskällan - Historical photo]