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[[File:Solgrand March 2007.JPG|thumb|Solgränd in March 2007.]]
[[File:Solgränd mars 2007.JPG|thumb|The sun rarely reaches Solgränd. (Photo taken a bright and sunny spring day.)]]
'''Solgränd''' ([[Swedish language|Swedish]]: "Sun Alley") is an [[alley]] in [[Gamla stan]], the old town of [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. It connects the [[Stortorget]] square to the street [[Prästgatan]]. It is a parallel street to [[Storkyrkobrinken]], [[Ankargränd]], [[Spektens gränd]], and [[Kåkbrinken]].

''Solen'' ("The Sun") was the name of several [[tavern]]s in Gamla stan, and in a list dated 1671 three taverns and inns are said to bear the name, one of which is called ''Solen vid Prästgatan'' ("The Sun at Prästgatan"). A tavern probably located in the corner of Prästgatan gave the alley its name. The popular [[troubadour]] [[Carl Michael Bellman]] (1740–1795) mentions the alley in his lyrics. The tavern mentioned in his [[epistle]] n:o 79 [[Charon i Luren tutar]] however, dedicated to a ''mor Maja Myra i Solgränden vid Stortorget, anno 1785'' ("mother Maja Myra in the Solgränd by Stortorget, in the year 1785"), is referring to a tavern next door to ''Solen'', in epistle n.o 56 called ''Förgyllda Bägaren'' ("The Gilt Cup").<ref name="Gatunamn">{{cite book
 | title = Stockholms gatunamn
 | edition = 2nd | year = 1992
 | publisher = Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning
 | location = Stockholm | isbn = 91-7031-042-4
 | pages = 71 | chapter = Innerstaden: Gamla stan
}}</ref><ref name="Glase-solgrand">{{cite book | language = Swedish
 | title = Gamla stan med Slottet och Riddarholmen | pages = 56
 | author = Béatrice Glase, Gösta Glase | chapter = Inre Stadsholmen
 | edition = 3rd | year = 1988 | isbn = 91-7160-823-0
 | publisher = Bokförlaget Trevi | location = Stockholm
}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Wikisourcelang|sv|Fredmans epistel n:o 79|Fredmans epistel n:o 79}}
{{Wikisourcelang|sv|Fredmans epistel n:o 56|Fredmans epistel n:o 56}}
* [[List of streets and squares in Gamla stan]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.stockholmskallan.se/index.php?sokning=1&action=sok&fritext=Solgr%E4nd Stockholmskällan - Historical photos]

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