Gaffelgränd [SEP] named after
, as on a map dated 1733 and as its modern name implies, "Gaffelgränd" ("Fork Alley") might refer to the fork-like structure formed by the three alleys.
In culture.
In the dedications in his epistles, the troubadour Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795), still popular for his devotion to wine and women, mentions the alley twice, or rather a tavern in it:
- In :
The alley's reputation is reconfirmed a century later by the poet Anna Maria Lenngren
Pelikansgränd
Pelikansgränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Gaffelgränd to Österlånggatan. It forms a parallel street to Ferkens Gränd, Lilla Hoparegränd, Gaffelgränd, and Johannesgränd.
The alley appears in historical records as "Lilla S:t Johannes gränd" in 1664, "Pilicans Gränden" around 1700, and "Pelekans gr"["änd"] in 1733. In the basement of the building still present on 39, Österlånggatan, constructed by a man named Hans Georg Cron who bought the site