Most of the buildings that line the square date from the rebuilding of the surrounding neighbourhood in the years after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795.

The former church houses an exhibition space and a restaurant with outdoor service and a small playground is also located at the site.

[1] The graveyard lay open until it was closed off from the surrounding city with a fence following the plague outbreak of 1711.

In 1810,the butchers on Højbro Plads received permission to move their market stalls to the site of the former graveyard.

Especially on warm days, the market activities resulted in a foul odor and the conditions were described as a potential health threat in 1818.

[1] The architect Christian Frederik Hansen made a proposal for a market building on the square in the 1820s but it was not realized.

[3] The market stalls ran along the streets Lille Kongensgade, Nikolajgade, Vingårdsstræde and Admiralgade.

The butchers that faced the street sold meat of superior quality while the market stalls that faced the central yard, colloquially known as "The Stomach" (Danish: Maven), sold second-rate, "black label" meat.

[4] In 1896, Vilhelm Dahlerup made a proposal for the adaptation of the church tower and square into a monument but it was not realized.

[11] In the south-eastern corner of the church wall, near the chancel, there is a bust of Svend Aage Tauscher created by Troels Lybecker in 1987.