Hi Eva-Karin!
I have a question that you may be able to answer. In Stockholm, immediately south of Valhallavägen by Engelbrektskyrkan is Uggelviksgatan, OBS spelling. I discovered the spelling when I failed my search on Eniro.se. Only about 500 meters from there are the more familiar to me Uggleviken, OBS spelling and Ugglevikskällan and Uggleviksbacken. Why this difference in spelling when the names reasonably have to do with each other? Or is it Eniro who misspelled?
Regards Johnny Näsholm
Response: I have answered this question before, but since it is eleven years since the question was up in the column, I think it may be worth a repeat favorite because this particular misspelling (?) Is something I have been asked about several times since .
Kristian Rosengren, an official in the name preparation, who prepares name matters for the city planning committee, replied at the time that neither the committee nor the politicians in the committee had acted to spell the name uniformly. The thing is that on the street in question there are signs with both spellings.
At the corner of Uggelviksgatan / Valhallavägen there are double spellings and there is no doubt about how it all started. In the façade, which is from the year of construction 1910, it is carved in stone not only Uggleviksgatan but also the neighborhood name Lärkan. On the much more modern white street sign with black letters, it says Uggelviksgatan and – hear and be amazed – the neighborhood Piplärkan.
In the building inventory which was made by the Stockholm City Museum in 1984 is called the street Uggleviksgatan and here is the brick house that was designed by the architect T Grut, that is, Torben Grut (1871-1945), the same man who designed Stockholm’s stadium.
I can only speak for myself, but I willingly admit that stockholmskallan.se constantly triggers me to read and look further.
In the building inventory, you can read about this corner property that it was originally a single-family home and that during the inventory it was established that the original interior with full and half French doors and stealth panels and chest panel in the bay windows had been preserved.
Here you can also find out how the room distribution looked like when the house was ready: On the ground floor was not only a conservatory but also office space, embroidery, work and bedroom. On the first floor was the library, hall, kitchen, dining room, hall and lounge and another upstairs low bedroom, bathroom, wife’s room and room for mother.
A lot has happened since then. Today, the property Uggelviksgatan 15 / Valhallavägen 72-74 contains the Libyan embassy.