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.

Gåstorget in February 2007.

History
Close-up of the sculpture.

Starting in 1730 as a proposal from the City Architect J E Carlberg (1683-1773), turning spaces for horse-drawn vehicles were being created on various locations in the city, mostly for the purpose of facilitating fire fighting, and in 1796 such a space was created on the present location. Though the square wasn't given an official name, it was occasionally referred to as either Gåsplan ("Goose Plane") or Gåsgtorget, and as proposal in 1981 to name the square after the troubadour Evert Taube (1890-1976) wasn't met with sympathy, the present name was made official instead.[1]

On the square is a one metre tall bronze sculpture on a granite base, Tungviktare ("Heavyweights") from 1967 by the sculptor Sven Lundqvist (1918-).[2]

See also

References
  1. "Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 54. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
  2. "Konsten i Gamla stan". City of Stockholm. Retrieved 2007-02-16.

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