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Student Nations
Student nations or simply nations ( meaning "being born") are regional corporations of students at a university. Once widespread across Europe in medieval times, they are now largely restricted to the oldest universities of Sweden and Finland, in part because of the violent conflicts between the nations in university towns in other countries. Medieval universities were cosmopolitan, with students from many different domestic and foreign regions. Students who were born within the same region usually spoke the same language, expected to be ruled by their own familiar laws, and therefore joined together to form the nations. In the English-speaking world, the institutions most closely comparable to the medieval nation system are perhaps the collegiate system of older British universities or fraternities at North American universities, though the comparisons are imperfect. In Portugal and Brazil, there are fraternities called '' repúblicas'', but these are merely residential groups and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Västgöta Nation, Lund
The Västgöta Nation, colloquially known as VG's, is one of thirteen Nations in Swedish universities, student nations at Lund University in Sweden. With its 2,670 members, it is the List of Lund University nations, fifth-largest nation in Lund - ranking behind Malmö Nation, Malmö but ahead of Kalmar Nation, Lund, Kalmar Nation. History The Student nation, nation traces its history to 28 January 1669, exactly one year after the founding of Lund University. Due to the Scanian War from 1675 to 1679, the university's and the nation's activities were halted until 1685 for the nation's part. Since 1685, its traditions have followed an unbroken succession, although it merged with Östgöta Nation, Lund, Östgöta Nation and Kalmar Nation, Lund, Kalmar Nation as the united ''Götiska Nationen'' ("the Gothic Nation"), between 1767 and 1821 as a result of low student numbers at the university. Since its founding, the purpose of the nation was to offer social support and a meeting pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
