Skeppar Karls Gränd

Skeppar Karls Gränd (Swedish: "Skipper Karl's Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden.

Stretching from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Telegrafgränd and Bredgränd.

The alley is named after a skipper who bought a property here in 1564.

A tower in the city wall was also named after him in 1581 (Skeppar Karls torn).

[1] The alley was mentioned in 1569 as Anders bottnekarls gränd (after a man named Anders from northern Sweden (either Västerbotten, Norrbotten, or Österbotten) whose economy made him face prosecution at several occasions.