Ignatiigränd

Ignatiigränd (Swedish: "Ignatius's Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Västerlånggatan to Stora Nygatan, it forms a parallel street to Göran Hälsinges Gränd and Gåsgränd.

The alley is called "Mårten Klinks gränd" ("Mårten Klink's alley") in 1606 in reference to a local proprietor and in 1661 it is referred to as "Mårten Klinkas eller Ignatij Grendh" ("Mårten Klink's or Ignatius's alley"). The latter was a famous printer named Ignatius Meurer (1589-1672) who was, according to a memorial verse found in the Royal Library, born in Blankenburg, Schwarzburg, Germany, immigrated to Stockholm in 1610 and eventually through marriage became the owner of a printing workshop and settled in the block north of the alley. He is known to have produced the city law of 1628, introducing the Antiqua typeface in Sweden.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 = 55 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan] cite web
title = Stockholmiana I-IV: En vandring i staden 1646 | pages = 385
author = Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel | publisher = Project Runeberg
year = 1912 | accessdate = 2007-02-27 | language = Swedish
url = http://runeberg.org/wrangsto/0495.html] (See also Staffan Sasses Gränd.)

The first element of the name, "Ignatii-", is the Latin genitive form of Ignatius (e.g. Ignatius's; of Ignatius).

References

See also

* List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

External links

* [http://www.stockholmskallan.se/index.php?sokning=1&action=visaPost&countPlace=2&mediaId=3603&start=0&fritext=Ignatiigr%E4nd Stockholmskällan - Historical photo of a portico in the alley]
* [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=Ignatiigr%E4nd&UCSB%3AButtonSearch=%A0%A0hitta%21%A0%A0 hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk]