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The birth of Helsingkrona as a nation can be dated back to the 4th of February in 1890, when the inaugural meeting was held. About a month later Professor Martin Weibull was elected the first inspector of the nation. However, as Krister Gierow points out in his book Nordvästskåningarna i Lund (The people of northwest Scania in Lund), one has to gaze further back in time to get the full picture of the history of the nation. Helsingkrona was a part of the Scanian nation (Skånska nationen) from 1682 to 1833 when the first dividing process was initiated as a result of the evolvement of divisions within the Scanian nation, of which Helsingkrona constituted the forth division. (The first and second division eventually became Lund's nation, the third one became Malmö nation, the fifth became what is now called The South Scanian nation (Sydskånska nationen) and the sixth division became Kristianstad's nation) The cooperation between the former divisions of the Scanian nation has survived in the shape of The Scanian nations' joint committee, which distributes the common scholarships and organizes a goose party (Gåsafesten) every fifth year. Returning to the history of Helsingkrona alone, a date that is important to the nation is the 17th of October in 1891, when considerate ladies from Helsingborg and Landskrona presented to the inspector of the nation a banner with what then became Helsingkrona's coat of arms. This coat of arms, a picture of which can be seen above, is a combination of the coats of arms of the two cities of Helsingkrona's reception area: Helsingborg and Landskrona. Many individuals have passed through Helsingkrona throughout the years and many have in different ways put an imprint in the history of Lund as well as in that of the nation. In one way it would be preferable not mentioning anyone making no one feel neglected, but nonetheless there are a few “helsingkronites” (members of the nation) especially worth being reminded of. Particularly in connection with the spex Helsingkrona has distinguished itself. As early as in 1908 two helsingkronites enroll into the history of Lund by writing the famous spex Uarda. Their names are Hilding Kefas Neander och Ludvig Thet gambla Ramberg. For Lund's Carnival in 1954 a few lads from Gossläroverket (Boy's elementary school) in Helsingborg took a seat and started writing another widely known spex. Two of the authors are called Hans Alfredson and Patrick Meurling, and the spex is called Djingis Khan. The first one was later to enter show business to eventually be united with Tage Danielsson - together they formed one of the most famous comedy duets in Sweden. The second of the authors later became the inspector of Helsingkrona nation. Helsingkronites have in many ways distinguished themselves in other parts of student life in Lund as well. Among other things, two helsingkronites, Einar Hellner and Thorild Dahlgren, stand behind Lund's Students' Union Credit Association (Lunds Studentkårs Kreditkassa) as well as Lund's Students' Union “konviktorium” that arranged food service for the students. Indeed, one could continue like this for a long time – many helsingkronites have been part of moulding Lund into what it is today. For the inquiring mind there are many sources of knowledge at your disposal concerning Helsingkrona's history. Some of these are: Nordvästskåningarna i Lund by Krister Gierow. This book was published to mark Helsingkrona's 50th anniversary. Nordvästskånskt, edited by Krister Gierow. The book was published in connection with the inauguration of the Helsingkrona building (Helsingkronagården) the 1st of March in 1958. Nation och hembygd, edited by Bertil Malmberg. Published in connection with Helsingkrona's 75th anniversary. Hundra års helsingkroniter, edited by Patrick Meurling. Published to mark Helsingkrona's centenary the 3rd of February in 1990. Skånska nationen. Glimtar från lundensiskt studentliv by Göran Larsson, former archivist of the Academic Society (AF). Written by Mathias Johansson, Curator 2002/2003 Translation by Kristina Blom
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