The new wing of Malmö Public Library (stadsbibliotek) called "The calendar of light") is an architectonic masterpiece, designed by the world famous Danish architect Henning Larsen. It was inaugurated in 1997.

Along with the old building "The Castle" (Slottet) next to the new complex, the library became the largest library building in Sweden. It is designed to accommodate one and a half million visitors a year; and today there are over one million book (not only in Swedish) stored here; approx. 1,600 magazines and newspapers, about 9,000 videos and 32,000 music CD:s.

The library has an outstanding Internet-based database. Moreover, it is a popular meeting place for all kind of people seeking knowledge. The project "borrow a living book" (i.e. a person who will tell you about his/her life experience you probably know little about) is an example for how the library reaches out to people.