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Walpurgis Night, a spring festival that has roots in ancient pagan tradition, is celebrated annually on the last night of April.
Gustav Lundblad, chairman of the Lund council's environmental committee, said the chicken poop serves multiple purposes.
"We get the opportunity to fertilize the lawns, and at the same time it will stink and so it may not be so nice to sit and drink beer in the park," Lundblad told the Sydsvenskan newspaper.
He conceded the effort might have some unintentional side-effects for nearby residents.
"I am not a fertilizer expert, but as I understand it, it is clear that it might smell a bit outside the park as well," Lundblad said. "These are chicken droppings, after all. I cannot guarantee that the rest of the city will be odorless. But the point is to keep people out of the city park."