 A large extension to this building was made in 1971, drawn by Berndt Nyberg.Later on the Regional Archives needed new space teamed up with several other archives in the region and built a new archive facility called Arkivcentrum Syd on Gastelyckan in south-eastern Lund.The first "landsarkivarie" (regional archivist) was Lauritz Weibull, who served until he was appointed professor at Lund University in 1919.