Mariatorget
Sign in to savethumb|Statue of the Viking God Thor at Mariatorget thumb|Bust of Emanuel Swedenborg Mariatorget () is a square and a city park in the district of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden.
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thumb|Statue of the Viking God Thor at Mariatorget thumb|Bust of Emanuel Swedenborg Mariatorget () is a square and a city park in the district of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden.
==History== It was constructed at the end of the 1760s. Its original name was Adolf Fredriks torg (after King Adolphus Frederick, who reigned 1751–1771), but it was renamed "Mariatorget" in 1959 to avoid confusion with the church and parish of Adolf Fredrikskyrkan in Norrmalm. The modern name alludes to the nearby Maria Magdalena kyrka (Church of Mary Magdalene) and the surrounding parish.