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.

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.

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