About us My property Available facilities Our projects Financial information Press Home About us Community properties S: t Larsparken in Lund Community properties our history Business model Management sustainability The home gift and sponsorship Work with us Hemsö Finland Hemsö Germany Contact Billing S: t Larsparken in Lund Hemsö owns, manages and develops premises for community service in the hundred-year-old park environment outside Lund. St. Larsparken is named after Lund's patron saint Sankt Laurentius. The lush park contains buildings reminiscent of a campus in the New England environment and has an exciting history. Care in a park environment Sankt Lars was previously the site of Lund Hospital, which was established at the end of the 19th century in connection with the closure of Malmö Hospital. During its most active period, the hospital area was almost self-sufficient and seemed like a district in itself. During the 1850s, criticism was leveled at the old cramped, dark mental hospitals, which were not a suitable environment for sick people. The Riksdag granted large sums of money to build new facilities. Malmö's hospital was moved to Lund and was thus used by a large part of southwestern Skåne. The site was chosen because the old hospital owned the land. Another reason was that the area was secluded and at the same time close to the hospital in Lund. The facility was designed by PU Stenhammar and started in 1874 by builder CH Hallström. Lund Hospital was built around a central axis with a symmetrically surrounded courtyard. The assignment to design the park went to HA Flindt in Copenhagen. During the first years, 37,000 tree, shrub and hedge plants were planted in the park * A gardener was responsible for the park with the help of, among other things, the enrolled patients. Taking advantage of gardens and gardening as therapy is something that is well proven in geriatric care and psychiatry and is still used today. From hospital to schoolyard In connection with healthcare reforms in the mid-1990s, the County Council sold St. Lars and St. Larsparken to the real estate company Realia, which opened up for other businesses to establish themselves. In 2005, Hemsö (which was then within the framework of Kungsleden public properties) took over Realia and thus Sankt Lars area. School and care activities are the main group of tenants who have access to St. Lars' fantastic environment. Constantly changing Hemsö is working to develop the park with its various buildings. The branch is one of the buildings that is being rebuilt for various activities. Hemsö owns a total of 31 buildings in the area of almost 53,000 square meters. Read more about Hemsö's project in S: t Larsparken