The square was founded in the 1890s and was originally called
Clementstorget (the name was changed in 1923). Several houses were built around the square, including imposing stone houses on the north and east sides of the square. On the west side of the square is the customs house, now used for auctions, and there has been a pedestrian bridge over the railway station since 1997. The municipality of Lund planned a rectangular zoning plan to the east of the square in the late 19th century, which was never carried out. Instead the
Spoletorp area was built to the north of the square, which is an example of a well-preserved lush stone house block from the early 20th century. The stone houses planned to the northeast opposite the
All Saints Church were never built, instead the Lindeberg school and the Ribbing sanatorium were built in a lush and respected park milieu- Decades later, there was discussion about a "renovation plan" for the square, the outcome of which was that all houses in the area, except for one Art Nouveau building on the south side of the square from 1900 were preserved. A supermarket and office building was constructed in 1975-77, with a car park underneath, and this building now significantly dominates the south side. All sides of the square, except for the east side, have later received frequent traffic from the city and regional buses, as the
Lund Central Station is located right next to the square. On 5 April 2003 the sculpture
Eos, den rosenfingrade by
Staffan Niblén was built near the pool in the middle of the square. The sculpture was later removed in June 2017 because the square was being renovated for the
Lund tramway. In spring 2017 eight trees were moved to
Brunnshög to make way for the tram line. The sculpture Eos was moved back to the square, at a new place, on 4 December 2020. The central terminus of the Lund tramway, called Lund C, is located diagonally across the square. ==Sources==