Torstenssonsgatan

59°19′55.2″N 18°05′18.7″E / 59.332000°N 18.088528°E / 59.332000; 18.088528

Torstenssonsgatan to Strandvägen and The Moderna Museum on Skeppsholmen
Torstenssonsgatan to The Museum of National Antiquities 2010

Torstenssonsgatan, Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden, stretches between Strandvägen and Storgatan.[1] The street is crossed by Riddargatan. Torstenssonsgatan is a wide and short avenue (about 200 metres (660 ft) long) with linden trees. In the extension of the street is the Swedish History Museum. The street is a not a through street to Strandvägen.

History

The street is named after Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651), was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kungl. Maj:ts befallningshafvandes femärsberättelser: jämte sammandrag. Ny följd (in Swedish). P.A. Norstedt & söner. 1900. p. 60. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Wrangel, Fredrik Ulrich (1903). Stockholmiana: anteckningar (in Swedish). Norstedt. p. 127. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
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