Den gyldene freden

Den gyldene freden (The Golden Peace) is a restaurant in the Gamla stan section of Stockholm, Sweden.

Its surroundings and environment are more or less unchanged since the day the restaurant opened in 1722, making it a unique example of an 18th-century tavern.

The house in which Freden is located is now owned (and therefore secured for the future) by the Swedish Academy.

Every Thursday, the Academy (which nominates the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature) convenes here for its weekly dinner.

The restaurant initially gained its reputation and fame through songs written by national poets Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795), Evert Taube (1890–1976) and more recently by singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937–1987).