Själagårdsgatan, Pedestrian zone in Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden

Själagårdsgatan is a pedestrian street in the historic heart of Stockholm that runs from Köpmangatan to Tyska Brunnsplan, lying parallel to Baggensgatan. The street connects several small squares and lanes, creating a continuous car-free area through the old town.

The street takes its name from a charitable house founded in the 1420s to help those in need. An important moment came in 1526 when a printing house here produced an early translation of the New Testament into Swedish.

The name comes from the Själagård, a charitable home for the old and sick founded in the 1420s at number 13 and financed by själagåvor, donations meant to bring salvation to the giver's soul. Such institutions disappeared after the Reformation. The building later housed a printing house and then a trivialskola, a commoners' school, until the 19th century.

Since this is a car-free street, you can walk freely and examine the surrounding buildings without worrying about traffic. The connections to Kindstugatan, Tyska Skolgränd, and Svartmangatan make it simple to navigate between different parts of the old town.

Local people in Stockholm called this street Skärgårdsgatan for many years, even though it had been officially renamed in 1925. This old name persisted in everyday speech until the 1960s.