No student will ever be denied a good time at any nation based on membership. But do seek membership with the one that suits your tastes. Get acquainted with each nation’s unique character and varied offerings with Lundagård’s nations guide.
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Helsingkrona Nation
Freshman Activities:
The freshman mentorship for students new to Lund will present mentors who will show how things work in Lund. We will also organize a full day of fun activities and competitions. The day will finish with a dinner / picnic with some training in singing for the upcoming dinner parties.
The Novisch Party in the AF-building, organized jointly by the Torna Nations. Clubs / Pubs:
Lunch on Monday and Tuesday 12.00-13.00.
Winbladh Restaurant & Lounge on Wednesdays with good food and drinks in a relaxed environment. 18:00 to midnight.
Pub Fredman on Fridays is our after-school pub with pub food and drinks to kick-start the weekend. 15:00 to 19:00
The dinner party on Friday will offer wonderful food and a fantastic atmosphere. 19:30 to 21:30
The Schlager Night Club runs every Friday, every even-numbered week, 22:00 to 02:00
Club Arena runs on Fridays every odd-numbered week, 22:00 to 02:00
Brunch Rise’n Shine serves on Saturdays a delicious buffet of treats that will surely wake you up properly. 11:00 to 13:00
Facilities for the Disabled: Yes
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Environmental Certification: Yes, along with the “nation frog”
Number of members: 2029 students
Cost of membership (in Studentlund): 200-300 (Depending on which union you belong to)
Östgöta Nation
Freshman Activities:
“We will hold a Novischpub in September. The various freshman groups, each of which have two or three mentors, will meet and gain insight into the various committees in the nation while our förmän present themselves. Then it’s Thursday Club.”
Clubs / Pubs:
“Saturday Club Sunset, following after the dinner party will continue to hold a standard of high quality.
On Thursdays each week we open Pub Punkan where we serve pea soup with alcoholic fruit punch and pancakes, or some form of dinner. We serve drinks in the form of beer and cider out of our wide range.
Every odd-numbered week, we run a re-launch the club front. Thursday Club will play more retro, rock, indie pop, and will become a great addition to Sunset.
Tuesdays we have dinners on Maggie, which serves food with a meringue suisse as dessert.
Then there are our treasures, Söderström’s basement is our gourmet restaurant. We serve a five-meal menu with selected drinks. These take place once a month.”
Service for the Disabled: Yes
Equal Treatment Plan: No, but a joint plan for the nations is currently being reviewed.
Number of members: about 2,600 members
Cost of membership: 80 SEK
Västgöta nation
Freshman activities:
“Pub crawl (together with Halland where we play games and drive seduce pub crawl, Torna Games (sports competitions and prestigious meeting against other listed nations), Visboksinsjungning (seating of a familial nature in which novischerna [the freshmen] have the chance to get to know active in the nation)”
Novischfest (along with other nations in AF).
Clubs / Pubs:
Club every Wednesday (Metro, 22-02) with seating before starting at. 19th
Reputed Freda’Kök & Bar every Friday 19-24, “Nation restaurant.”
Stand-up comedy club Wisecrackers will be on once a month with stand-up in English with familiar faces and rookies from all over the world.
Rundpingis Preparty Club Professor Pong bi-weekly 20-24.
Specific activities: Yes, including sports.
Suitability: No
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Environmentally Certified: No
Number of members: 1400
Cost of membership: 85kr
Hallands Nation
Freshman Activities:
Provides mentoring, välkomstsittning (a welcome party) for exchange students, pub crawl among the nations, ampo (seating with pea soup, fruit punch and vocals) and a large Novischfest with the Torna Nations.
Clubs / Pubs:
Pub on Wednesdays from 19 with food and the Champions League with projector, alternately Pubquiz.
Pub Fridays with food from the 19th Merged with Club 3 opening at 22.00.
Lunch on Mondays at 12
Brunch Buffet on Sundays at 11 am.
Services for the disabled: Yes
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Environmentally Certified: No, hope to be certified by Environmental Frog next semester.
Number of members: 1700
Cost of membership: The AF Agreement.
Blekingska Nation
Freshman activities:
Our novisch may be involved in a mentoring group with other novisch and already active nation members. During the first few weeks, the nation organizes a total of nine activities where you can discover the nation and get to know other novisch as well as active members. Activities range from Quiz Night to the nation’s pop club to sport in the form of indoor bandy.
The novisch period ends with a big novisch party in the AF building along with Wermlands nation.
Clubs / Pubs:
Club every Friday from 22-02. Pop club Indigo, rock club Resonance, and electro club Heartbeats take turns lighting up the dance floor.
Every Wednesday is onsdagpub, offering great atmosphere, an extensive range of drinks, and tasty food. Every other Wednesday, the pub also features Howl, our open-mic stage, or our pub quiz.
Every Friday from 16-19, we serve a selection of 30 different beers along with a bite to eat at Sonja’s ölcafé.
Services for the disabled: Yes
Equal Treatment Plan: No, once the nation joint equality policy is adopted, we will develop a treatment plan.
Environmentally Certified: Yes, the nation is certified with the nation frog.
Number of members: 1,028
Cost of membership: Novisch 185 kronor, Regular 204 kronor (AF fees included)
Krischansta Nation
Freshman Activities:
Sponsor groups, parties, and alcohol-free activities for getting to know the nation.
Clubs / Pubs:
Pub on Wednesdays beginning at 19:00.
Club on Fridays beginning at 22:00.
Specific activities:
Krischanstaspääxet
FATHOM – alcohol-free activities in the nation.
Services for the Disabled: Yes
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Environmentally Certified: Yes, with the nation frog.
Number of members: 1,595
Cost of membership: 75 kronor
Kalmar Nation
Freshman activities:
Nation mentors will take care of mentor groups during a month of activities, eventually culminating in a Novischfest.
Clubs / Pubs:
Pub Piranha on Tuesdays 19-01.
Pub keg on Fridays 18-00.
Monday night meals and Saturday brunch.
Specific activities for members:
Sports, running, horseplay, the Nation magazine Calmare Key, Natu-activities.
Services for the Disabled: Yes, but not completely wheelchair-adapted.
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes, we have also an equal person in charge of the Senior College.
Environmentally Certified: Yes
Number of members: 1,166
Cost of membership: 100kronor/term (220 incl. AF and TRF)
Lunds Nation
Freshman Activities:
“We have a broad mentorship which novisch who register with us. Along with their sponsors, novisch participate in Novisch Day, a day of games and a novisch café with many competitive prizes. You can also work at the nation!”
The novisch period ends with the great Novischfest the 22rd of September.
Clubs / Pubs:
“We have our classic Penthouse club every Thursday and our retro / modern concept club Hybris! on Saturdays. Our big house club Wonderland is held every third Saturday.
We also have a pub called Agardhsgatan every Saturday with a broad portfolio of beers for the enthusiast, along with a good meal.”
Services for the Disabled: Yes
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Environmental Certification: We are constantly striving towards an environmentally-friendly expansion of recycling and energy-saving options.
Number of members: about 4,200
Cost of membership: 80 kronor
Wermlands Nation
Freshman Activities:
We offer mentoring and various activities to our novisch such as climbing, bowling, a novisch pub, a novisch day with Blekingska and Kalmar nation, and the opportunity to attend our novischfest which we have with Blekingska nation in the AF building.
Clubs / Pubs:
Pub every Wednesday. Our pub quiz is held every second Wednesday of the month, and the third Wednesday of each month is the Greenway – an eco-friendly pub where eco-friendly food and drink are served in a friendly pub atmosphere.
Club every Saturday. Pop is our main club, but special events sometimes occur. Also, in cooperation with ESN, we host a club the last Wednesday of every month.
Meals: Wednesday lunch, Saturday café, and Sunday dinners.
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Environmentally Certified: Yes, certified with the nation frog.
Number of members: 1,070
Cost of membership: 85 kronor
Malmö Nation
Freshman Activities:
“Our novisch activities are managed by our novisch leaders, and culminate in a spectacular novischfest the 29th of September!”
Clubs / Pubs:
Our clubs Casanova and the Upper East are held every Thursday and Saturday, respectively.
We also run a house/club basement every Saturday.
Specific activities for members:
All our activities are open to members of Studentlund, though some special benefits are reserved for our more committed members.
Services for the Disabled: “Yes, our facilities are for the most part accessible to pesons with disabilities.”
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Number of members: approximately 2,300
Cost of membership: Depends on which union you belong to!
Göteborgs Nation
Freshman Activities:
Our novisch leaders are responsible for this, and the event dates are not final. We will have certain recurring events, such as hanging out in the garden, and a novischfest which we promise to be unforgettable.
Clubs / Pubs:
Kålleseum held Thursdays on even weeks.
Berth 15 every Friday.
Skybar on Thursday’s odd weeks.
Disabled Facilities: Our spaces for business are handicap-accessible, but the residential area is not.
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Environment Certified: No
Number of members: About 2,000
Cost of membership: Depends on which union you belong to.
Smålands Nation
Pubs / Clubs:
Smålands Nation holds pubs and clubs on both Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Specific activities for members:
Members of the nation receive access to our lab and rehearsal space. In addition, we offer them a 50% discount to our clubs and live shows.
Services for the disabled: Yes and no. The pub area is handicap-accessible, but not our housing facilities.
Equal treatment plan: Yes
Environment Certified: No
Number of members: 568. Besides these, there are a number of supportive outside members.
Cost of membership: 140 kronor (of which at least 10 goes to a solidarity fund) + a 20 kronor fee from Membit to become a member of Smålands. Even if you already hold a student card with Studentlund, you can still become a member of Smålands Nation’s and enjoy of our member benefits for the fee stated above.
Sydskånska Nation
Freshman Activities:
“Our novisch activities are managed by our mentors. Novisch are placed in small groups where mentors themselves decide what to do with their novisch. Activities can consist of playing games in the botanical gardens, enjoying coffee together, or having a common pre-party and then going out to a club. We will also have a mini-festival in the nation the 14th of september, where our novisch who are involved with mentor groups will receive preferential access to the festival’s activities. We will also have a novischpub and a special novisch dinner before the big novischfest. “
Pubs / Clubs:
“We have five clubs this semester: hip hop club Svartklubben, pop club Heartland, techno club Plant, rock club Dirty Frank, and soul and funk club Foxen.
This semester’s pubs will be our reggaepub Bar Babylon, Bar Retro, Retro pub and [PUB LIC], where we hold a pub quiz.”
Services for the disabled: Well, as far as room allows.
Equal Treatment Plan: Yes
Environmentally Certified: “Not yet, but we plan on attaining this goal in the future.”
Number of members: About 2,200
Membership fee: 85 kronor
Translation: Justin Chan and An Holmqvist
