Gåstorget
Gåstorget (Swedish: "Goose Square") is a small public square in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, situated between the two alleys Överskärargränd and Gåsgränd.
History
[edit]In 1730, city engineer Johan Eberhard Carlberg proposed that spaces for horse-drawn vehicle be created at various locations though to the city, mostly to facilitate fire fighting. In 1796 such a space was created on the present location. Though the square was not given an official name, it was informally referred to as Gåsplan ("Goose Plain") or Gåsgtorget. A 1981 proposal to name the square after the troubadour Evert Taube was rejected, and the common name was made official.[1]
Sculpture
[edit]On the square is a one metre tall bronze sculpture on a granite base, Tungviktare ("Heavyweights") from 1967 by the sculptor Sven Lundqvist.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 54. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
- ^ "Konsten i Gamla stan". City of Stockholm. Retrieved 2007-02-16. [dead link]
59°19′30.1″N 18°04′7.4″E / 59.325028°N 18.068722°E
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