List of Uppsala University nations

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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
House[1][2]
Stockholms nation c. 1649 Prof. Mats Kumlien Stocken
Built by the nation in 1848.
Uplands nation 1642 Prof. Jacob Höglund
Bought by the nation in 1825. Parts from 1770.
Gästrike-Hälsinge nation c. 1646 Prof. Torkel Jansson GH
Built by the nation in 1880.
Östgöta nation 1646 Prof. Ulf Pettersson ÖG
Built by the nation in 1885.
Västgöta nation 1639 Prof. Bertil Wiman VG
Bought by the nation in 1825. Medieval basement.
Södermanlands-Nerikes nation 1595 Per Ström Snerikes
Built by the nation in 1897.
Västmanlands-Dala nation 1639 Prof. Johan Sundström V-Dala
Built by the nation in 1965.
Smålands nation 1663 Prof. Mattias Dahlberg
Built by the nation in 1957.
Göteborgs nation 1667 Prof. Per Hansson
Built by the nation in 1960.
Kalmar nation 1663 Prof. Anders Ahlén
Built by the nation in 1988.
Värmlands nation 1660 Prof. Lars Burman
Built by the nation in 1930.
Norrlands nation 1646 Prof. Cecilia Pahlberg
Built by the nation in 1889.
Gotlands nation c. 1663 Prof. Lars Magnusson
Built by the nation in 1957.

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.

External links[]

In alphabetical order.

See also[]

  • Nations at Swedish universities

References[]

  1. ^ Roosval, Albin (red.), red (1915). Nationshusen i Uppsala: Illustrerade skildringar af flera författare. Stockholm: E. Lundequists Bokförlag.
  2. ^ 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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