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

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

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

References

^ "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]}