The Östgöta Nation, or locally ''ÖG'', is one of thirteen student nations of

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

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. With its 1,896 members, it is the seventh-largest nation in Lund - ranking behind

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

but ahead of Hallands Nation. It is often considered the oldest of the university's

nations A nation is a type of social organization where a collective identity, a national identity, has emerged from a combination of shared features across a given population, such as language, history, ethnicity, culture, territory, or societ ...

and it celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2018. The name Östgöta refers to the Swedish

Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...

province. The nation was founded in the same year as the university was established – 1668. Around 40 students who had transferred from

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

enrolled at the nation. With the

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in 1676, the university was forced to close temporarily, as was the nation. The nation reopened in 1681, and has since 1686 maintained written details of all meetings; these full details still exist to this day. From 1766 to 1798, it was part of Götiska Nationen along with Västgöta and Kalmar. Today the nation is located in central

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

at a house named ''Ostrolocus'', not far from the city centre where

Lund Cathedral Lund Cathedral () is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Sweden in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the Bishop of Lund and the main church of the Diocese of Lund. It was built as the Catholic cathedral of the archiepiscopal see of all ...

, the Kungshuset and the

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are to be found.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostgota Nation, Lund Nations at Lund University 1668 establishments in Sweden 17th-century establishments in Malmöhus County

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