Scholarships

Every semester, Uplands Nation advertises a number of scholarships. As a member, you are eligible to apply for these.

Available scholarships can be found here and by scrolling down this web page.

The scholarship period is open!
The last day to apply for scholarships for the autumn semester 2026 (HT 2026) is November 17 at 19:00.

Application forms are available at the curator’s office during office hours and through the following links:

Only one form needs to be submitted even if applying for all scholarships. The forms are the same as for spring 2025. Applications can be submitted in the green box in the curator’s office, in the mailbox or posted to:

Uplands Nation
Scholarship Secretaries
S:t Larsgatan 11
753 11 Uppsala

important information regarding applications

When applying for scholarships, please note the following:

  • The attachments that need to be submitted for an application to be valid are the certificate of registration, transcript of results and the nation membership.
  • Applicants must be full-time students at Uppsala University or another university or college, depending on what is specified in the requirements. Provide written documentation of any qualifications you want to invoke.
  • Enter all your study results (credits) and clearly indicate the number of semesters of full time or part time university or college studies, as well as any interruptions in your studies.
  • The so-called scholarship ceiling, which regulates that a student can not hold smaller scholarships from the University or the nation to an amount exceeding the ceiling, currently SEK 45 000 per year. (Scholarships covering tuition fees for exchange students do not count toward the ceiling.)
  • Students who have full educational grants for postgraduate studies or an equivalent income (currently SEK 230 000 per year) are not eligible to apply for these scholarships.
  • Application forms not signed, as well as those that are incomplete, illegible or incorrectly completed will not be processed.
  • Application forms from those who do not receive scholarships will be destroyed. Submit the bank account to which funds should be paid if you are awarded a scholarship.
  • Only those who receive scholarships will be contacted.
  • For a document to be attested, two people have to sign and provide their phone number on the document.

If you have questions, please contact Scholarship Secretary Linus Andresen at [email protected].

important information regarding monitoring scholarships

  • Applicants for monitoring must submit the following attachments; result certificate, registration certificate, and certificate that they are a member of Uplands Nation.
  • Applications that are not signed and/or verified, as well as those that are incomplete, illegible, or incorrectly filled in, will not be processed.
  • Only those who are approved for monitoring will be notified.

Available scholarships During The Autumn Semester 2026

Ahlners, 1 year, 11 768 SEK

Students of the Upland Nation who are successfully pursuing academic studies. No consideration is given to the student’s financial situation. 

Selma Appelqvists, 3 years, 8 826 SEK 

Law student from Uplands nation, born in Uppsala. Diligent and destitute. 

Erixons, 2 pcs à 3 923 SEK, 3 years, one for med. stud. and one for jur. stud.

Male law or medical student of the Upland Nation. The scholarship is awarded every other time a lawyer and every other time a medical student. After 2010, the scholarship will be awarded in two equal rooms.

Gilljams, 1 year, 5 884 SEK

Student of the Upland nation, diligent and talented. Pursue classical studies, i.e. at the time of applying for the scholarship be able to prove that they are studying one of the subjects Latin language, Greek language or ancient culture and social life. In awarding the scholarship, account shall be taken only of grades or certificates of academic achievement in these subjects. The scholarship may be held for a maximum of four years by the same person, with a new application each year. 

Chefredaktör Axel Johanssons, 1 year, 11 767 SEK

Male member of Uplands nation. Show general interests. Study either the humanities within the humanities section – but not place name research or pedagogy – or medicine or law. Absolute destitution does not give any preference.

Fredrik Laurells, 3 years, with the option of a 1- or 2-year extension, 10 905 SEK

Students of the Uplands Nation. Must be a well-behaved and diligent student who is successfully pursuing studies in botany. Preference will be given to those who are also descendants of Fredrik Laurell and his wife Sofia, née Rudelius.

Thure Ringérs, 3 years, 11 767 SEK

Destitute, well-mannered and diligent philosophy student of Uplands nation.

Bertha and Idolf Rosengrens, 1 year and one payment, 9 grants of 43 539 SEK each

Ten scholarships of equal size are awarded upon application to average, talented, diligent and preferably for Godliness and good manners known male philosophy or theology students at Uppsala University belonging to Upland Nation. Philosophy students must major in classical languages (Greek or Latin) or history or philosophy (at least 60 credits) and theology students must major in church history (church and social science and/or missionary science and/or the history of Christianity) or religious history or exegetics (biblical studies) (at least 60 credits). Relatives who meet the above conditions have priority. The scholarship may be held by the same applicant for three to a maximum of five years depending on the study results. 

Schrams, 3 years, 5 385 SEK

Member of Uplands Nation.

Simlins, 3 years, 10 297 SEK

Member of the Uplands Nation. Destitute and diligent and have an aptitude for study. Be enrolled at the Faculty of Theology and studying for the priesthood. Preference “ceteris paribus” for relatives of the donor Magister Eric Simlin. The scholarship may not be held after graduation.

Willgott Stenholms, 1 year 1 pcs 39 715 SEK

Two scholarships to students of the Upland Nation who successfully pursue their studies and also through active work at the nation shown their interest in it. The scholarship can be awarded to the same applicant for a maximum of two years.

Algot Sundwallsson, 5 years, 9 081 SEK

A needy student of Upland’s Nation, known for diligence and seriousness in his studies, sobriety, and good order and morality in his conduct. Priority will be given, first, to those who can prove they are related to law student Johan Algot Mathias Sundswallsson; second, to those who completely abstain from consuming alcoholic beverages. 

Carl Åbergs, 1 year, 2 pcs of 19 612 SEK

Scholarships for students at Uppsala University who belong to Upland’s Nation. Applicants must have come from a bourgeois home in Uppsala city. Preference is given to destitute and less well-off students. The scholarships can be awarded without application. The same person may hold the scholarship a maximum of three times

Note: According to the Landskapsprotokoll 1947-09-29 § 19, bourgeois homes are to be interpreted as follows: Bourgeois homes include persons who run their own business such as trade, crafts or factories.

Ågrens, 4 years, 8 826 SEK

Member of Upland’s nation, needy and having observed a respectable life and diligently pursued his studies. Preference for the merchant L.G. Ågrens “children in marriage with his wife and their descendants”.

Österbergs, 1 year, 14 709 SEK

Male student of Uplands nation, needy and known for diligence in studies and an honorable conduct. Be from Tolfta parish. Preference for theology students. If there is no applicant from Tolfta parish, the scholarship is awarded in the first place to philosophy or theology students from other parts of Uppland, excluding the city of Uppsala, with preference for Tierpsbo, in the second place to students regardless of faculty from other parts of Uppland, excluding Uppsala city, with preference for Tierpsbo.

REWARDS

Harald Hellenii Minne 1 pcs

Needy student of Uplands nation. The award is awarded by praxis to younger compatriots who have made some contribution to or for the nation or within the life of the nation. The award is not applied for. It is awarded by appointment of the inspector after hearing the nation’s curators, according to praxis on the scholarship board. 1922. XIII:298

Överse Olle Normans 1 pcs

A student of Uplands nation who has devoted themselves to the life of comrades and the nation. Preference in the event of equal merit for descendants of officers or equivalent, who served on active duty in the Royal Uppsala Regiment before the end of 1956. The award is not applied for. It is awarded by appointment of the scholarship committee. 1956