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 NationFoundation yearInspektorAcronymHouseRoosval, 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.Stockholms nationc. 1649Prof. Coco NorénStockenUplands nation1642Prof. Björn VictorGästrike-Hälsinge nationc. 1646Prof. Anders VirtanenGHÖstgöta nation1646Prof. Ulf PetterssonÖGVästgöta nation1639Prof. Bertil WimanVGSödermanlands-Nerikes nation1595Per StrömSnerikesVästmanlands-Dala nation1639Prof. Johan SundströmV-DalaSmålands nation1663 Prof. Mattias DahlbergGöteborgs nation1667Prof. Per HanssonKalmar nation1663Prof. Anders AhlénVärmlands nation1660Prof. Lars BurmanNorrlands nation1646Prof. Cecilia PahlbergGotlands nationc. 1663Prof. 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. (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.
See also Nations at Swedish universities
References
External links 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