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. many buildings in the oldest parts of djursholm also refers to a norse inspired romantic nationalism. one house in this particular area was also called germania, situated at germaniavägen 7. 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.