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Engelbrektsplan is a town square in
Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at the southern end of Engelbrektsgatan in
Östermalm
Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of the most populous districts in Stockholm. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest housing ...
and is situated next to
Humlegården
Humlegården is a major park in the district of Östermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. The park borders on Karlavägen in the north, Sturegatan in the east, Humlegårdsgatan in the south and Engelbrektsgatan in the west. It is the location of the Swe ...
.
History
Engelbrektsplan was first planned in 1884 when Landbyska, a former brewery, was demolished. The southern part of the site is dominated by the large corner house. It was built in 1914 for the private railway company
Stockholm–Roslagens Järnvägar after drawings by architect firm Hagström & Ekman.
For most of the 20th Century, this was the terminal station for trains at the tramway
Djursholmsbanan
Djursholmsbanan (DjB) was the original name of a network of Narrow gauge railway, narrow-gauge urban railways between Stockholm and Djursholm in Stockholm County, Sweden. This network is now a part of Roslagsbanan, but the oldest line was closed i ...
, a part of the
Roslagsbanan
Roslagsbanan is a narrow gauge commuter railway system in Roslagen, Stockholm County, Sweden. Its combined route length is and there are 38 stations. It is built to the Swedish three foot () gauge. The Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) classifies ...
rail system. Between 1885 and 1960 Djursholmsbanan and Roslagsbanan had their terminus here.
Squares in Stockholm
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