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

Nation
Foundation year
Acronym
House[1][2]
Stockholms nation c. 1649 Prof. Coco Norén 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

  • Finska nationen i Uppsala. Student society for Finnish students founded in 1998, using the same name as the historic Finnish nation.

Former nations

  • 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.

In alphabetical order.

See also

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.