Stop 2 of 10

Bantorget and the imagined lawyer's office

An informed approximation

Adam passes Bantorget on his way to and from the police station. Defence lawyer Michael Blomberg's office is described as being around the corner from Bangatan on Klostergatan, three floors up and overlooking this square.

The novel gives no exact building. The safest way to picture the scene is that the office would have occupied one of the buildings facing Bantorget—not that any particular window belongs to the fictional lawyer.

This is a useful place to think about professional authority. Adam believes his position as a pastor makes him trustworthy, Ulrika understands the law, and Blomberg understands how stories are presented in court. The family is surrounded by institutions that claim to establish truth, yet private truth remains much harder to determine.

Good to know

Extra background — not part of the original printed guide.

Bantorget was laid out and planted shortly after the railway reached Lund in 1856. Railway-side parks were not only decorative: their greenery also helped shield towns from sparks thrown by steam locomotives.
Grand Hotel was built in 1896–99 to designs by Alfred Hellerström. Its developer was Lunds Spritförädlings AB—a locally formed spirits-refining company with appropriately grand ambitions.
Lund residents nicknamed nearby Klostergatan “Bullis,” treating the narrow shopping street as their evening boulevard even though it had neither boulevard width nor rows of trees.

On to the next stop

From the square, follow Bytaregatan north. We'll pause where this compact route into central Lund meets the streets around Klostergatan.

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