Telegrafgränd

In 1508, the alley was called Lindhwidz grend, presumably after a skipper known as Lindivd skeppare, who in 1512 was fined for having brought 100 loads of "mould and muck from the gate to the bridge" (e.g. into town).

[2] The present building at Number 2 (Aeolus 1) was constructed for the national telegraph department (Telegrafverket) in 1868–1870 to the design of architect Ludvig Hawerman followed by various devastating reconstructions before the restoration of Ivar Tengbom in 1951–1959.

During the Middle Ages, this was the location of the northernmost defensive tower in the eastern city wall built during the 14th and 15th centuries.

It was the location for the National Archives (Riksarkivet) and the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Kungliga Vitterhets-, Historie- och Antikvitetsakademien (KVHAA) or Vitterhetsakademien for short) during the period 1848–1863.

The eastern end of the alley was bought by Secretary Israel Israelsson Lagerfelt (1610–1684) who built the present building on the lot.