Monday, October 27, 2008
Staffan Sasses Gränd
The alley is named after Staffan Sasse, a man originating from Westphalia in Germany, who is mentioned as having bought a house belæget paa køpmana gatwne ("situated on Köpmangatan" (Merchant's Street)) in 1524, and the alley was associated with his name from 1569. He served, first under Sten Sture the Younger (1493-1520), and then under King Gustav Vasa (1496-1560) during the ousting of the Danish forces. Staffan Sasse was raised to peerage in 1524 and appointed court bailiff in 1531.
By the end of the 17th century, the alley was referred to as Jgnatij grendh after the printer Ignatius Meurer (1589-1672), a German who settled in Stockholm in 1610, arguably because his famous printing workshop was located in the alley. (See also Ignatiigränd.)
In 1925, the alley was given back its old name.
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