Kråkgränd

Western end of Kråkgränd leading up to Österlånggatan.
Kråkgränd viewed from Österlånggatan in March 2007.
Shutter with mirrors facing Skeppsbron.

Kråkgränd (Swedish: "Crow Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching between Skeppsbron and Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Bredgränd and Nygränd.

The alley is named after Knut Nilsson Kråka, in 1608 promoted to one of the 48 Elders of the city and in 1615 a magistrate.[1] He failed to deliver taxes required however and was subsequently freed from his duties in 1623 and died as a custom officer by the southern gate in 1625.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Béatrice Glase, Gösta Glase (1988). "Östra Stadsholmen". Gamla stan med Slottet och Riddarholmen (in Swedish) (3rd ed.). Stockholm: Bokförlaget Trevi. p. 113. ISBN 91-7160-823-0.
  2. ↑ "Innerstaden: Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 57. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.

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Coordinates: 59°19′31.2″N 18°04′29.1″E / 59.325333°N 18.074750°E / 59.325333; 18.074750


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