page_title: Stefansgade
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Stefansgade / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A map detail showing Havremarksvej - now Stefansgade - in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen. Denmark. The map is from after Stefanskirken was built in 1874 and before the street name was changed in 1880.
context_page_description: Stefansgade is a street in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. It runs from Nørrebrogade in the northeast to Borups Allé in the southwest. It takes its name from St. Stephen's Church at the corner of Nørrebrogade. The street passes along the southeast side of Nørrebro Park.
context_section_description: Stefansgade was originally called Havremarksvej. The name Havremarken referred to the area between Nørrebrogade and Jagtvej and subsists in the name of Havremarkens Skole in Husumgade. St. Stephen's Church was inaugurated at the beginning of the street in 1874. The name Stefansgade was initially associated with present-day Bragesgade but was in 1880 transferred to the current street.
   
  Havremarksvej was from 1861 crossed by the north-bound Klampenborg Eailway at present day Jægsrsborggade. A branch to Helsingør by way of Lyngby and Killerød opened in 1864. The first station north of Copenhagen was Hellerup. In the mid 1880s, the need for a station had become still more obvious, both to serve the fast-growing population of the district and for transporting building materials and other goods. When the first Nørrebro station opened in 1886, it consisted of two separate station buildings. Station A, which served the north-bound trans, was located at Stefansgade. Station B, which served the south-bound trains, was located in Lyngbygade (now Hillerødgade).
  A brewery named Stefan was in 1885 established in the street by H.C. Meyer. It was acquired by Københavns Bryggerier og Malterier in 1997. The brewery moved its headquarters from Dronning Olgas Vej in Frederiksberg to Stefansgade and was at the same time renamed Hafnia. It closed in 1939.
caption: Havremarksvej seen on a map detail from between 1874 and 1880
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