Germania, Djursholm

Germania is the name of a part of Djursholm in Danderyd Municipality north of Stockholm.

Until 1976 there was a railway stop called Germania at a part of Roslagsbanan (Djursholmsbanan) which was closed that year.

[1] Djursholm was created as a garden town in the late 19th century, and streets and blocks were given names from ancient Norse mythology.

The name Germania, referring to a people in northern Europe, was established in 1889 in the first zoning plan for the new garden town.

[2] The poet Alice Tegnér lived in Villa Tegnabo between 1890 and 1912, a building which used to be at Germaniavägen 5 but now is replaced.