Helsingborg City Library, Municipal library in Helsingborg, Sweden.
Helsingborg City Library is a low, wide building in Stadsparken, built in 1965 to drawings by Jörgen Michelsen of Arkitektfirman Arton. Its linked volumes in brown Helsingborg brick, concrete and large glazing gather around a central courtyard, which was roofed with glass in 1994. The east facade has four fully glazed vertical walls stepping out from the main front, and the word BIBLIOTEK runs across the right facade above the ground-floor windows.
A public library was demanded in Helsingborg in the mid-19th century, chiefly by F. T. Borg, editor of Öresunds-Posten. In 1860 a room in the folkskola was granted, funded by borrowers' fees and 100 riksdaler a year from the city. After moves in 1899, 1912 and 1935, the present building was erected in 1965 to drawings by Jörgen Michelsen of Arkitektfirman Arton, after the city council approved the Stadsparken site in 1957.
The library lends films, music albums and video games alongside books, and offers genealogy research help. Its Café Birger hosts lectures, music performances and author evenings where writers read from and discuss their books. Children can attend theatre performances and story hours.
The library stands in Stadsparken, with the tiered fountain on the paved square in front of the entrance. From spring 2026 the building is being extended to designs by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, completed in autumn 2028; during the works the library runs from temporary premises at Carl Krooks gata 24, just south of the regular building.
The library's 1994 glazed roof over the central courtyard was designed by Jörgen Michelsen, the same architect behind the 1965 building, adding space as collections grew. The building was placed in Stadsparken only after city planner Gunnar Sundbärg argued that building there protected the view toward Landborgen.
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