Drottninggatan, Pedestrian street in central Stockholm, Sweden

Drottninggatan is a 1.5 km street in central Stockholm, running from Norrström to Observatoriegatan. It keeps the same direction and width as when laid out in the 1630s–1640s. From Kungstensgatan southward it is closed to cars and turned into a pedestrian street, with shops, cafés and restaurants along it.

Laid out in the 1630s and 1640s on a rectilinear grid plan, the street was first named Stora Konungsgatan and renamed Drottninggatan in honour of Queen Christina, who ruled from 1632 to 1654. It was paved from the toll gate north of Hötorget to Malmtorget by 1641. The name was paired with nearby Regeringsgatan, a naming style likely borrowed from Amsterdam or Copenhagen.

The street's name honours Queen Christina, who ruled from 1632 to 1654; it was paired with nearby Regeringsgatan, a naming style likely borrowed from Amsterdam or Copenhagen. The detective Ture Sventon, a fictional character by Åke Holmberg, has his office on Drottninggatan, and a literary plaque at the corner of Jakobsgatan quotes the opening of a Ture Sventon book.

The car-free stretch begins at Kungstensgatan and runs south to Riksbron; the northern end toward Observatorielunden still carries vehicle traffic. The pedestrian section is paved with stone setts, so wear shoes suited to uneven ground. The street is intersected by Kungsgatan and Klarabergsgatan, both useful for orientation.

The concrete lions designed by Anders Årfelt have served as bollards along the pedestrian stretch since 1995. During the 2017 truck attack one lion caught under the vehicle and slowed it down; it became a place for flowers, and the number of lions was doubled afterwards.