The new name referred to one of the first outdoor street lamps in Copenhagen which was situated outside a midwife's practice to make it easier for customers to find their way ind the dark.

The railway to Roskilde crossed Lampevej at Nordre Fasanvej from 1864 when Copenhagen Central Station was moved to a new location.

A small portion of its old site was given to Frederiksbjerg Fødehjem m a birth clinic for indigent women from Frederiksberg and Valby created at the initiative of Frantz Howitz.

The church, courthouse and police station surround a courtyard with a statue in a water basin.

The Nørrebro Route of Copenhagen's super bikeway network crosses the street just east of Nordre Fasanvej.