Göteborgs Nation is one of thirteen

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 p ...

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, Sweden. With its 4,624 members, Göteborgs is the largest nation in Lund, ranking ahead of

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. The nation is known for organizing ''GA-balen'' ("The GA ball"; named after Swedish King

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), one of Sweden's largest balls.

History

Göteborgs Nation was founded in 1682, less than two decades after the founding of the university and its first nations. The nation's member count increased from around 25 members in the 1700s, to 40 members in the 1800s and 88 members by 1901. By 1952, Göteborgs had constructed its own nation house, ''Kållehus'', with enough rooms to house 47 students. The construction was led by the nation's Inspektor at the time, professor of philosophy and his wife Astrid. In 1959, another housing complex was inaugurated, ''Bohus'', which consisted of 13 single-floor homes and one communion house. It could house 18 student families in pairs and 70 students in single rooms. The nation decided to sell these properties in 1980 and today, ''Kållehus'' at Östra Vallgatan 47 remains as its nation house and headquarters, along with ''Kajutan'', where a variety of activities take place. In 1964, the first

ball was arranged, which the nation claims to be the second-largest formal-wear ball in the Nordic countries, ranking behind the Nobel Banquet. The ball is held every year in November, to celebrate Gustav II Adolf's founding of the city of

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Honorary members (selection)

Carl Block Carl Elis Daniel Block (12 February 18746 October 1948) was Bishop of Gothenburg from 1929 until 1948. He was the half-brother of the mathematician Henrik Block and father of the doctor Erik Block and educator Bertil Block. He was a cousin of Joh ...

* Olof Sundin * Carl-Gustaf Andrén (1974) *

Pehr G. Gyllenhammar Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar (28 April 1935 – 21 November 2024) was a Swedish businessman. He is mainly known for his 24 years as CEO and chairman of Volvo between 1970 and 1994. In the early 1980s he took the initiative for the European Round Ta ...

(1975) * Bengt E. Y. Svensson (1978) * Gunnar Bramstång (1981) * Lars Hjörne (1981) * Louise Vinge (1981) *

Tomas von Brömssen Tomas Birger von Brömssen (born 8 May 1943) is a Swedish theatre, film, and television actor. von Brömssen was born in Örgryte and grew up in Gothenburg. His father, Birger von Brömssen, was a painter. He studied Scandinavian languages, inten ...

(1984) *

Sten-Åke Cederhök Sten-Åke Cederhök (born Carlsson, 30 January 1913 – 14 January 1990) was a Swedish actor and comedian. Cederhök was born in Gislaved but grew mainly up in Gothenburg. For much of his career he wrote and acted in popular revues while hold ...

(1984) *

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(1986) *

Viveca Lärn Viveca Lärn, earlier Viveca Sundvall, (born 6 April 1944) is a Swedish writer
in ''Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok''. ...

(1995) *

Sture Allén Sture Allén (31 December 1928 – 20 June 2022) was a Swedish professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. Born in Gothenburg Gothen ...

(2004) *

Jan Eliasson Jan Kenneth Eliasson (born 17 September 1940) is a Swedish diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from July 2012 to December 2016. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Eliasson served as Minister for Foreign ...

(2005) *

Gert Wingårdh Gert Wingårdh (born 1951) is a Swedish architect whose company, Wingårdh arkitektkontor, maintains an international practice.''Gert Wingårdh; Thirty Years of Architecture'', Mikael Nanfeldt (ed.) (Birkhäuser Publishers for Architecture, 200 ...

(2006) *

Sissela Kyle Sissela Maria Kyle (born 17 March 1957, in Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actress, theater director and comedian. Biography Early life Sissela Kyle is the daughter of Per Gunnar Kyle and Gunnhild Kyle née Karlson (1921-2016). Sh ...

(2008) *

Lars Eckerdal Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel", and is therefore related to the name ...

* Håkan Westling * Wilhelm Tham (2018)

References

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