Stallbron

Stallbron viewed from Vasabron with the Royal Palace in the background, the Parliament building on the left, and the MP residential building on the right.

Stallbron (Swedish: "The Stable Bridge") is an arch bridge located in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching some 20 meters over Stallkanalen it connects Riksgatan passing through the Parliament Building on Helgeandsholmen to the square Mynttorget on Stadsholmen from where Västerlånggatan extends it further south.

It was named in the late 19th century after the Royal Stables which king Gustav Vasa had built on Helgeandsholmen in the 1530s, thereafter rebuilt by Karl IX 1604–12, and finally demolished in 1640 when the present stables were completed on Norrmalm, one km to the north.[1] [2]

  1. ^ "Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. pp. 70–71. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
  2. ^ Dufwa, Arne (1985). "Broar och viadukter: Stallbron". Stockholms tekniska historia: Trafik, broar, tunnelbanor, gator (1st ed.). Uppsala: Stockholms gatukontor and Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. p. 184. ISBN 91-38-08725-1.