A student nation is a society of students at universities in Sweden, mainly the two oldest Uppsala University and Lund University. They organize and promote social activities such as pubs, discos and cultural events. Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... Lund University Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a university in Lund in southernmost Sweden. ...
The word nation refers to a province in Sweden. Uppsala for example has thirteen student nations representing different provinces. Some but not all student nations have rules that you have to originate from that province to become a member. The provinces or landskap were the subdivision of Sweden until 1634, when they were replaced by counties in a reform, led by Axel Oxenstierna, that still remains in force in Sweden proper. ...
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