List of Uppsala University nations
List of student nations at Uppsala University in Sweden. The tradition of nations at the university is practically as old as the university itself.
The list is always sorted in accordance with a time-honoured order based on the age of the diocese of the area that the nation was named after.
Active nations[]
Nation |
Foundation year |
Acronym |
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Stockholms nation | c. 1649 | Prof. Mats Kumlien | Stocken | |
Uplands nation | 1642 | Prof. Jacob Höglund | ||
Gästrike-Hälsinge nation | c. 1646 | Prof. Torkel Jansson | GH | |
Östgöta nation | 1646 | Prof. Ulf Pettersson | ÖG | |
Västgöta nation | 1639 | Prof. Bertil Wiman | VG | |
Södermanlands-Nerikes nation | 1595 | Per Ström | Snerikes | |
Västmanlands-Dala nation | 1639 | Prof. Johan Sundström | V-Dala | |
Smålands nation | 1663 | Prof. Mattias Dahlberg | ||
Göteborgs nation | 1667 | Prof. Per Hansson | ||
Kalmar nation | 1663 | Prof. Anders Ahlén | ||
Värmlands nation | 1660 | Prof. Lars Burman | ||
Norrlands nation | 1646 | Prof. Cecilia Pahlberg | ||
Gotlands nation | c. 1663 | Prof. Lars Magnusson |
Other nations[]
- . Student society for Finnish students founded in 1998, using the same name as the historic Finnish nation.
Former nations[]
- (1768–1780). Historic nation for the nobility.
- (1646–1800). The oldest predecessor of Norrlands nation. Merged with Västerbottniska nationen into Bottniska nationen.
- (1800–1827). Merged with Medelpado-Jämtländska nationen into Norrlands nation.
- , (1673–1835). Former Finnish student nation in Uppsala. Split from Österbottniska nationen.
- (?-1829). Merged with Uplands nation.
- (?-1811). Merged with Hälsinge Nation.
- (c. 1663-?). Historic nation for German students.
- (c. 1646-1811). Merged with Gästrike Nation.
- (c. 1663-?). Historic nation for Baltic students.
- (1685–1827). Split from Ångermanländska nationen and later merged into Norrlands nation.
- (?-1805). Merged with Södermanlands nation.
- (c. 1656-c. 1680). Merged with Finska nationen.
- (?-1829). Merged with Uplands nation.
- (1757-?)
- (1595–1805). Merged with Närkes nation.
- (1647–1800). Merged with Ångermanländska nationen into Bottniska nationen, later Norrlands nation.
- (1970s-2010) Student society founded in the 1970s by students who wanted to avoid obligatory membership in the nations. Had no membership fee and no activities and ceased to exist when membership of nations became voluntarily in the summer of 2010.
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In alphabetical order.
- Gotlands nation
- Gästrike-Hälsinge nation
- Göteborgs nation
- Kalmar nation
- Norrlands nation
- Smålands nation
- Stockholms nation
- Södermanlands-Nerikes nation
- Uplands nation
- Värmlands nation
- Västgöta nation
- Västmanlands-Dala nation
- Östgöta nation
See also[]
- Nations at Swedish universities
References[]
- ^ Roosval, Albin (red.), red (1915). Nationshusen i Uppsala: Illustrerade skildringar af flera författare. Stockholm: E. Lundequists Bokförlag.
- ^ Bergman, Mats; Montelius, Jan-Olof (1977). Nationshusen i Upsala: En beskrivning tillägnad Upsala universitet vid dess 500-årsjubileum. Uppsala: Upsala studenters jubileumskommitterade.
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- Nations at Uppsala University