Uplands nation
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Student society
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and one of thirteen nations
Nations at Swedish universities
The student nations or nationer at the two ancient universities in Uppsala and Lund, of which there are now thirteen at each university, are the oldest student societies in Sweden...
at Uppsala University
Uppsala University
Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of...
. It has traditionally recruited its members from the province of Uppland
Uppland
Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea...
, which surrounds and includes Uppsala
Uppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
and stretches down south to the northern part of Stockholm. The nation uses an older spelling of the toponym (but Upplands nation has also been used). , the nation has about 2,600 members.
History and building
In its earliest form, Uplands nation was founded, or may at least first be attested, in 1642, but the current nation is the result of a merger in 1823 with Fjärdhundra nation and a second one in 1829 with Roslags nation, two smaller nations recruiting students from different parts of the province of Uppland (FjärdhundralandFjärdhundraland
Fjärdhundraland or the land of the four hundreds is, since 1296, a part of the province of Uppland in Sweden. Its name refers to its role of providing 400 men and 16 ships for the leidang of the Swedish king at Uppsala....
and Roslagen
Roslagen
Roslagen is the name of the coastal areas of Uppland province in Sweden, which also constitutes the northern part of the Stockholm archipelago....
), each of which also date to the early 1640s (the earliest documents from Fjärdhundra nation are also from 1642, while the archives from Roslags nation begin already in 1640).
Before acquiring the current nation building (1825), the nation held its meetings either in the house of its inspector – the professor who had been appointed by the university to guard over the virtue and behaviour of the students of a particular nation – or in the home of one of its members. The steadily increasing size of the library forced the nation to start renting space in 1763, but as late as 1814, the protocol mentions a meeting in the home of the member "J. Almquist", i.e. the later notable writer Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
thumb|right|Painted by Almqvist, 1823Carl Jonas Love Almqvist , was a romantic poet, early feminist, realist, composer, social critic and traveller....
.
The current building of the nation was built by the master turner Peter Strandman after a fire in 1809, but some of the walls date to sometime before 1770. It was acquired by the nation in 1825. The nation had previously owned the neighbouring plot for a few years, but sold this to Västmanlands-Dala nation.
In the 1950s a new wing was added according to the design of the architect Sten Hummel-Gumælius. The garden of the nation includes sculptures by Carl Milles
Carl Milles
Carl Milles was a Swedish sculptor, best known for his fountains. He was married to artist Olga Milles and brother to Ruth Milles and half brother to the architect Evert Milles...
and Carl Eldh
Carl Eldh
Carl Eldh was a Swedish artist and sculptor. Full name: Carl Johan Eldh . Older brother to Albert Eldh.Eldh was born in Östhammar Municipality, Uppland, the son of a blacksmith...
. On the garden wall along the street Sysslomansgatan is a plaque with a medallion (based on the portrait by Johan Tobias Sergel
Johan Tobias Sergel
Johan Tobias Sergel , Swedish sculptor, was born in Stockholm.-Biography:After studying for some time in Paris he went to Rome, where he remained for twelve years and sculpted a number of groups in marble, including, besides subjects from classical mythology, a colossal representation of "History,"...
) in the memory of the poet Anna Maria Lenngren
Anna Maria Lenngren
Anna Maria Lenngren was a Swedish writer, poet, feminist, translator and salonist. She is one of the best-known Swedish woman poets.-Background:...
, who grew up in a house once standing there. This wing contains twenty student rooms; another thirty are located in a different house two blocks away.
Notable people
Svante Arrhenius
Svante August Arrhenius was a Swedish scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry...
and the later Secretary General of the U.N. and Nobel peace laureate Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. An early Secretary-General of the United Nations, he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is the only person to have been awarded a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize. Hammarskjöld...
. Other members have included the songwriter Prince Gustaf
Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland
Prince Frans Gustaf Oscar of Sweden and Norway, Duke of Uppland was the second son of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg and younger brother to Prince Charles.Prince Gustaf was a trained musician and composer...
, the Duke of Uppland, a central figure in Uppsala student life in the 1840s who died young in 1852, the philosopher Pontus Wikner
Pontus Wikner
Carl Pontus Wikner was a famed Swedish lecturer in philosophy and professor of aesthetics in Oslo from 1884....
, and the writer C. J. L. Almqvist
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
thumb|right|Painted by Almqvist, 1823Carl Jonas Love Almqvist , was a romantic poet, early feminist, realist, composer, social critic and traveller....
, already mentioned above. The diplomat Hans Blix
Hans Blix
is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs . Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos...
, who studied Law in Uppsala, was director for the theatre society of Uplands nation for a year. Among the inspectors (University-appointed faculty members whose task it is to supervise the nation's activities) can be mentioned Nathan Söderblom
Nathan Söderblom
Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was a Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize...
, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Church of Sweden
The Church of Sweden is the largest Christian church in Sweden. The church professes the Lutheran faith and is a member of the Porvoo Communion. With 6,589,769 baptized members, it is the largest Lutheran church in the world, although combined, there are more Lutherans in the member churches of...
and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
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.
An important part in the lore of the nation is played by a young boy who never actually matriculated in the nation: Svante Wijkman, who was born in a local bourgeois family and died 1837, during his last year in the Cathedral School in Uppsala. After his premature death, his mother donated scholarships both to the school and to the nation, which her son presumably would have joined in the near future if he had lived. A posthumous portrait of young Wijkman accompanied the donation.
Ignorance of the - easily verifiable - real identity of the boy in the picture among members has led speculations about his early death being the result of too much partying and he has been claimed to haunt the nation. Besides the Wijkman room (Wijkmanska rummet) where the portrait hangs, other institutions of the nation have been named after him, including a brass band (Wijkmanska blecket), a pub (Svantes källare) and a café (Café Wijkman).
External links
| Inspektor Inspektor Inspektor, Swedish for Inspector, is the largely honorary chairmanship of a student nations in Lund and Uppsala universities in Sweden. The Inspector has a supervisory role his/her nation and presides over most important functions. It is a quite prestigious role to be invited to undertake as it... s of Roslags nation at Uppsala university Uppsala University Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of... |
| Christiernus Ravius 1663-1667 Samuel Skunk 1667-? Claudius Arrhenius ?-1682 Henrik Schütz 1682-1693 Petrus Hallenius 1693 Julius Micrander Julius Micrander Julius Erici Micrander Uplandiensis , born December 25, 1640 in the rectory of Bro in Upland, died 1702 was a Swedish professor, rector of Uppsala University, member of parliament and the superintendent.... 1694-1695 Johannes Olderman 1695-1697 Jesper Svedberg 1698-1697 Johan Esberg 1703-1712 Daniel Djurberg 1712-1736 Magnus Beronius Magnus Beronius Magnus Olai Beronius was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1764 to his death.He studied in Uppsala for nine years to a master's degree in 1716. In 1724 he was elected lecturer in Gävle... 1738-1746 Engelbert Halenius 1746-1754 Lars Benzelstjerna 1754-1760 Christoffer Clewberg 1760-1776 Eric Hesselgren 1776-1779 Erik Hydrén 1779-1786 Jacob Fredrik Neikter 1787-1803 Erik Jonas Almquist 1803-1808 Johannes Daniel Drissel 1808-1823 Sven Lundblad 1823-1829 |
| Inspektor Inspektor Inspektor, Swedish for Inspector, is the largely honorary chairmanship of a student nations in Lund and Uppsala universities in Sweden. The Inspector has a supervisory role his/her nation and presides over most important functions. It is a quite prestigious role to be invited to undertake as it... s of Fjärdhundra nation at Uppsala university Uppsala University Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of... |
| Petrus Fontelius 1663-1667 Jonas Fornelius 1667-1679 Carl Lundius 1679-1714 Johan Steuchius 1715-1724 Israel Nesselius 1724-1739 Johan Ihre Johan Ihre Johan Ihre was a Swedish philologist and historical linguist.Ihre was born in Lund, son of the theologian Thomas Ihre and his spouse Brita Steuchia... 1740-1779 Erik Hydrén 1779-1786 Erik Kinmark 1786-1794 Andreas Lundström 1794-1805Samuel Ödmann 1806-1823 |
| Inspektor Inspektor Inspektor, Swedish for Inspector, is the largely honorary chairmanship of a student nations in Lund and Uppsala universities in Sweden. The Inspector has a supervisory role his/her nation and presides over most important functions. It is a quite prestigious role to be invited to undertake as it... s of Uplands nation at Uppsala university Uppsala University Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of... |
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| Petrus Hoffvenius 1663 Johannes Jacobi Bureus 1663-1664 Julius Micrander Julius Micrander Julius Erici Micrander Uplandiensis , born December 25, 1640 in the rectory of Bro in Upland, died 1702 was a Swedish professor, rector of Uppsala University, member of parliament and the superintendent.... 1678-1695 Johannes Olderman 1695-1697 Erik Ljung 1698-1704 Johan Upmarck Rosenadler 1704-1716 Olof Celsius d.ä. 1717-1756 Johannes Amnell 1756-1789 Johannes Lostbom 1789-1797 Johan Winbom 1797-1826 Sven Lundblad 1826-1830 Israel Hwasser 1830-1839 Karl Jonas Almquist 1840-1844 Otto Fredrik Tullberg 1844-1850 Lars Anton Anjou 1850-1855 Elof Wallquist 1855-1857 Carl Benedict Mesterton 1857-1887 Tycho Tullberg 1887-1907 Nathan Söderblom Nathan Söderblom Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was a Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize... 1907-1910 Carl Thore Mörner 1910-1920 Germund Wirgin 1920-1933 Axel Brusewitz Axel Brusewitz Axel Brusewitz was a Swedish professor in political science, well-known for his belief in democracy and his opposition towards the traditional anti-democratic conservatism of Swedish royal court and bureaucracy. He was a specialist in constitutional history... 1933-1945 Erik Lönnroth Erik Lönnroth Erik Lönnroth was one of the most notable Swedish historians of the 20th century. He was a life member of the Swedish Academy from 1962 and member of various faculties.-Background:... 1946-1953 Folke Knutsson 1953-1967 Clarence Nilsson 1967-1979 Gösta Arturson 1979-? Karin Dahlgren-Caldwell 1999-2009 Jacob Höglund 2009- |