Town hall

A town hall in Dutch Renaissance style.

In the 1530s, a new town hall was planned to be built on Stortorget. In 1546, the building, which was built of brick with bay windows and Gothic stair gables, was ready for use. The house housed, among other things, the grandiose Knutssalen. The best-preserved parts of the town hall is the cellar vaults, which today house a restaurant, Rådhuskällaren. The town hall has been the subject of several renovations since the 16th century.

During this time, Stortorget became one of the 16th century's largest squares in the Nordic countries. Malmö was also, at this time, one of the largest cities in the Nordic region, and therefore, they also began to build a new town hall along the eastern side of the square.

In the 1860s, the town hall was drastically redesigned according to plans by Helgo Zettervall. The façade was transformed into a Dutch Renaissance style. This work was complete in 1863