Storgatan

Literally, “The Large Street”. Compound of stor (“large, big, grand”) +‎ gata (“street”) +‎ -n (“the”), as this street often, at least originally, served as the main thoroughfare of the location. Additionally, Swedish street names, when not derived from personal names, are generally expressed in the definite form.

Storgatan ? (genitive Storgatans)

1. A common street name in Sweden, often the historical thoroughfare of the location, sometimes lined with shops and venues, rough equivalent to High Street and Main Street.
   • 1747 July 2, Stockholms Post-Tidningar, page 4:

     […] ; underraͤttelſe haͤrom erhålles ſå hos Fru Appelquiſt, hwilken aͤr boende i samma hus, hwarest aͤfwen rummen kunna beſes, ſom ock på Ladugårdslandet och Storgatan i huſet N:o 18.

     […] ; infomration hereof may be had of Mrs. Appelquist, who liveth in the ſame Houſe, where the Rooms may alſo be view’d; as likewiſe at Ladugårdslandet and at Storgatan, in the Houſe Nᵒ 18.

   • 2025 June 5, “Telge Nät utför schaktarbeten på Storgatan i sommar”, in Södertälje municipality‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 August 2025:

     Med start den 9 juni ska Telge Nät utföra ett fjärrvärmearbete på Storgatan och Astrabacken i Södertälje. Det innebär bland annat att en del av Storgatan blir enkelriktad och att busshållplatser kommer att flyttas.

     Starting on 9 June, Telge Nät will be carrying out district heating work on Storgatan and Astrabacken in Södertälje. This will mean, among other things, that part of Storgatan will become one-way and that bus stops will be moved.

• Storgatan is the 8th most common street name in Sweden, with 180 streets.^[1]
• It is the most common street address in Sweden, with 55,360 people having it as their home address.^[1]