Medborgarplatsen is one of the largest squares in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

. It is located on Södermalm

Södermalm

Södermalm, often shortened to "Söder", is a district in central Stockholm. It covers the large island formerly called "Åsön". With a population of 99,685, it is one of the most densely populated districts of Scandinavia...

 and is often colloquially referred to as "Medis". The square was once called Södra Bantorget (Southern Railway Square), but was changed to Medborgarplatsen in 1940.

The square is a common place for demonstrations. On May Day

May Day

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, the Left Party

Left Party (Sweden)

The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations...

 usually start their parade from there, and are accompanied by other smaller leftist and communist parties as they walk to Kungsträdgården

Kungsträdgården

Kungsträdgården is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as Kungsan.The park's central location and its outdoor cafés makes it one of the most popular hangouts and meeting places in Stockholm. It also hosts open-air concerts and events in summer, while offering an ice...

. In 2001, Hammarby

Hammarby IF

Hammarby Fotboll is a Swedish football club based in Johanneshov - just south of Södermalm, the southernmost district of Stockholm city centre...

 celebrated its first victory in the Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

 in front of about 35,000 supporters in the square.
Medborgarplatsen is also where Anna Lindh

Anna Lindh

Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, Chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League 1984-1990, Member of Parliament 1982-1985 and 1998-2003...

, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, held her last public speech before she was murdered on September 10, 2003. Today, there is a memorial monument to Anna Lindh at the square.

Near the square is a metro

Stockholm Metro

The Stockholm Metro is a metro system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are seven lines numbered from 10 to 19, in three groups identified by a color: the Green, Red and Blue lines...

 station of the same name. The station was opened as an underground tram

Tram

A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

 station in 1933, and was converted for the new metro system in 1950 as one of the first stations on the network. The original exits did not open onto the square, but to the nearby street Folkungagatan. In 1995, another exit was built in Björns Trädgård

Björns trädgård

Björns trädgård , is a small public park in Södermalm in Stockholm, named after Carl Gustaf Björn, a gardener. His son, Carl Fredrik Björn, known as "Rike Björn" , inherited the garden in the 1880s, and donated the garden to the city in his will upon his death in 1915...

 park, which is across Götgatan

Götgatan

Götgatan is the name of one of the longest streets in central Stockholm on the Southern Isle of the city...

from Medborgarplatsen.

Medborgarplatsen has a small ice-skating rink which is turned into a terrace with benches in the summer. Next to the square is a library.