in 1875, several companies operating in the neighbourhood urged that the name to be changed to the present name, arguing that the old name was circumstantial and often confused with other local names ("saltmätaregränden" ("the salt measurer's alley"), today gåsgränd, and "saltmätaregatan", in today's vasastaden), and the city council raised no objections. a proposal from gamla stan's folk society in 1953 to reinstate the old name proved unsuccessful.