List of Uppsala University nations
This is a 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
[edit]Nation |
Foundation year |
Acronym |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholms nation | c. 1649 | Prof. Mats Kumlien | Stocken |  |
| Uplands nation | 1642 | Prof. Björn Victor |  | |
| Gästrike-Hälsinge nation | c. 1646 | Prof. Anders Virtanen | 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
[edit]- Finska nationen i Uppsala. Student society for Finnish students founded in 1998, using the same name as the historic Finnish nation.
Former nations
[edit]- Adelsnationen (1768–1780). Historic nation for the nobility.
- Ångermanländska nationen (1646–1800). The oldest predecessor of Norrlands nation. Merged with Västerbottniska nationen into Bottniska nationen.
- Bottniska nationen (1800–1827). Merged with Medelpado–Jämtländska nationen into Norrlands nation.
- Finska nationen, (1673–1835). Former Finnish student nation in Uppsala. Split from Österbottniska nationen.
- Fjärdhundralands nation (?–1829). Merged with Uplands nation.
- Gästrike nation (?–1811). Merged with Hälsinge Nation.
- Germanska nationen (c. 1663–?). Historic nation for German students.
- Hälsinge nation (c. 1646–1811). Merged with Gästrike Nation.
- Livländska nationen (c. 1663–?). Historic nation for Baltic students.
- Medelpado–Jämtländska nationen (1685–1827). Split from Ångermanländska nationen and later merged into Norrlands nation.
- Närkes nation (?–1805). Merged with Södermanlands nation.
- Österbottniska nationen (c. 1656–c. 1680). Merged with Finska nationen.
- Roslags nation (?–1829). Merged with Uplands nation.
- Skånska nationen (1757–?)
- Södermanlands nation (1595–1805). Merged with Närkes nation.
- Västerbottniska nationen (1647–1800). Merged with Ångermanländska nationen into Bottniska nationen, later Norrlands nation.
- Skånelandens 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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
