It is a large park-like square (colloquially often called "Gustav") located in central Malmö between Stortorget and Triangeln.

City blocks were straightened and tree-lined promenades created, as well as two squares, Gustav Adolfs Torg and Drottningtorget.

The idea with Gustav Adolfs torg was to create a central representative place for the new district, which was intended to grow from where the defense ramparts had been.

The choice fell on the artist Anders Jönsson's sculpture Lekande Barn (Playful Children),[7] which was placed there in 1914.

There, too, is the sculptural group Fem fontäner och ett klot (Five fountains and a sphere) by Sivert Lindblom, as well as space for market stalls.

At the northern part is a row of white houses called "Rivieran" (the Riviera) and was designed with the French Neo-Renaissance look.

[11] In the southern part of the square is another well-known building called the "Valhalla Palace" and was built at the beginning of the 20th century.

This caused the British Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, David Mellor, to make a visit.

[15][16] Renovations of the square and the surrounding area began in September 2022, with the final projects planned to be completed by April 2028.