Slussplan

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Slussplan, meaning “Lock’s Place” in Swedish, is a street in Stockholm at the southern edge of Old Town. It lies just north of Slussen and the public square Karl Johans Torg, and runs west from Skeppsbron to Katarinavägen and Munkbroleden. South of Slussplan is the statue of Charles XIV John, created by Bengt Erland Fogelberg and inaugurated in 1854. Järntorgsgatan leads north to Järntorget square.

The street and the statue were built in 1854 as part of Nils Ericsson’s work on the third lock that controls water from Lake Mälaren to the Baltic Sea. The name Slussplan was officially adopted in 1872. An alley called Kvarnhusgatan, which ran between the block north of the street and a mill, was removed along with the mill.

Slussplan and the surrounding area were substantially altered after the Slussen reconstruction, completed in 1935.

The botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus lived on Österlånggatan from 1738 to 1741, and had his consulting rooms in Räntmästarhuset at number 9 on Slussplan. He handed the residence to Emanuel Swedenborg before leaving for Uppsala. The commemorative tile at that site is inaccurate in several respects.

From 2010 to 2020 the Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States had its office at Slussplan 9.