Lyngby Kongevej was the first of a number of royal roads created by Frederick II and his successor Christian IV.

Unauthorized use of the roads was originally sanctioned with confiscation of horses, carriage and load and later with half a year of forced labour at Bremerholm or Spindehuset.

The road was created in 1584 to provide an easy link between Copenhagen and Frederick's new Frederiksborg Castle, and it was later extended to reach Fredensborg and Helsingør.

Even after the Nordbanen railway with stations at Holte and Birkerød in 1864, it lasted until the turn of the century before the area was built over with houses, some of which were replaced by apartment buildings in the 1930s.

Lyngbyvej, the southern part of the original road, has been expanded several times to cope with increasing car traffic.