Student nation
Student nation or just nation (in Finnish : Osakunta ) refers to a fraternity at a university or college in Sweden or Finland . They are neither comparable with the student associations known in Germany, nor does the word “nation” have the meaning we know.
Originally they were an association of students from the same geographical background and were baptized according to these same backgrounds ( Smålands Nation , Östgöta Nation , etc.). In most cases the nations are apolitical, but offer students a wide range of leisure activities. They run restaurants, bars and pubs in which the students also work actively. Most nations also have a choir, various sports clubs, and theater groups. In addition, the nations organize the traditional dinner followed by a celebration called Gask.
Emergence
The first nations in what was then the Swedish Empire (including Finland and Estonia ) were formed in the 17th century. The model was the nation of European universities, in which students of the same origin came together to form communities.
See also
In Sweden
In Finnland
literature
- Student nation . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 504 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Nations in Uppsala (Swedish)
- Nations in Lund (Swedish)
- Nations in Helsinki (Finnish, Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nations at the University of Lund ( Memento of the original dated December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Swedish)
