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Stockholms nation is a student society and one of thirteen
nations
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by t ...
at
Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
The university rose to significance during ...
. The nation has its origins in the mid-17th century and regards 1649 as its official date of foundation, although this is uncertain. A document in the archives mentions students enrolled in the nation in 1649, but this is a copy of an original that was lost in a fire in 1702, and the nation is mentioned in the protocols of the consistory (board) of the university from 1656 as having been in existence for three years, which would put the foundation date at about 1653.
The old part of the nation building was designed by architect
Johan Fredrik Åbom
Johan Fredrik Åbom (30 July 1817 - April 20, 1900) was a Swedish architect.
Biography
Åbom was born in the parish of Katarina in Stockholm County, Sweden. He was a student at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm at the same ...
, and was completed in 1848. A new wing of the nation building, begun in 1961, is designed by modernist architect
Peter Celsing
Peter Elof Herman Torsten Folke von Celsing (January 29, 1920 – March 16, 1974) was a Swedish modernist architect.
Biography
Celsing was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of bank executive Folke von Celsing and Margareta (née Norst ...
.
Former curators (chairmen) of the nation include the mathematician
Gösta Mittag-Leffler, the economist
Knut Wicksell
Johan Gustaf Knut Wicksell (December 20, 1851 – May 3, 1926) was a leading Swedish economist of the Stockholm school. His economic contributions would influence both the Keynesian and Austrian schools of economic thought. He was married to t ...
and the author
Gösta Knutsson
Gösta Lars August Knutsson (original surname Johansson; 12 October 1908, in Stockholm – 4 April 1973) was a Swedish radio producer and writer of a popular series of children's books about the cat ''Pelle Svanslös''.
Gösta Knutsson was born ...
. The songwriter
Carl Michael Bellman
Carl Michael Bellman (; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well ...
was enrolled in Stockholms nation during his brief period as a student in Uppsala (1758–1759).
83 (Samlaren / Trettioåttonde årgången. 1917)
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Stockholms nation
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Nations at Uppsala University
Organizations established in 1649
1649 establishments in Sweden
Student organizations established in the 17th century
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