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Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a 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. It traces its roots back to 1425, when a Franciscan studium generale was founded in Lund.
Today, Lund University is one of northern Europe's largest, with eight faculties, 41,000 students and over 2,000 separate courses. [35] It is and has consistently ranked in the world top 100 universities [ 36 ] and is a member of the League of European Research Universities as well as the global Universitas 21 network.
The order of precedence is based on their year of establishment as a university. Only Uppsala University (est. 1477 [1]) and Lund University (est. 1666 [2]) were actually founded as universities, whereas all the other universities were raised from högskola (university college) status to the higher university status after they had been founded.
Universitetshuset, Lund The main building of the Lund University ( Universitetshuset in Swedish) was designed by architect Helgo Zettervall and inaugurated by King Oscar II in 1882. [ 1 ] Construction began in 1874, when the old main building Kungshuset had become too small for the growing number of students.
Kungshuset, the "King's House", is a building in Lund in Sweden, built by the Danish king Frederick II between 1578 and 1584 and originally intended as the residence for the bishop of Lund. After the secession of the Scanian lands to Sweden at the Treaty of Roskilde 1658 Lund University was founded in 1666 to enhance the Swedification of the ...
It is located on Agahrdsgatan, on the southwestern corner of the enclosed block between the Botanical Garden and Stora Tomegatan. Together with 140 apartments, Lunds headquarters and basement is located in the building, the latter of which is the place where most of the nation's social activities take place. [ 3 ]
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Today, the one remaining gate (of the original three) is the entrance to the Kulturen museum. The park known today was designed in 1745 by the Royal architect Carl Hårleman and originally included a botanical garden. [1] Kungshuset, built in 1584 as a residence by the Danish king, later became the first main building of Lund University. [1]