Torstenssonsgatan

Coordinates: 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. The street is crossed by Riddargatan. Torstenssonsgatan is a wide and short avenue (about 200 meter) with linden trees. In the extension of the street is The Museum of National Antiquities (Historiska Museet). The street is a not a through street to Strandvägen.

History

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

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  Torstenssonsgatan from Storgatan 1958

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  Torstenssonsgatan from Storgatan 2010