Torgdragargränd

The Torgdragargränd alley was opened in 1981 with the present name commemorating the people working at the market next to the alley.[1]

Wooden gates in the western end of Torgdragargränd which were kept closed until 1981.

Naming contest

The daily paper Dagens Nyheter arranged a naming contest in 1981, and the winning proposal was produced by Gunnar Rönn, a man who worked in the alley. Rönn's proposal referred to the people working at the market on Kornhamnstorg who used to literally 'draught' their goods and market stalls from the alley to the square every morning (called Torgdragare, literally: "Square draughters"). He also told the paper how these people used to seek the darker corners of the alley whenever they needed something stronger to drink than water, occasionally ending up sharing a dinner, including herring, loaf and schnaps, on a shutter placed upon the dustbins standing in the alley.[2]

  • The sun reaches the alley for a short moment daily.
  • Seal of the Stockholm Masonry Master's Guild (Murmestare Embetet i Stockholm)

See also

References
  1. Béatrice Glase, Gösta Glase (1988). "Västra Stadsholmen". Gamla stan med Slottet och Riddarholmen (in Swedish) (3rd ed.). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Trevi. p. 84. ISBN 91-7160-823-0.
  2. "Innerstaden: Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 77. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.


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