Campus history

Gamla Torget

Gamla Torget (Old Square) has existed since the Middle Ages, and for a couple of hundred years it was Uppsala's main square. During this time, the important Town Hall with the city's board and court was located on the square. In 1643, a major city regulation was carried out and this year the name Gamla Torget came into existence. However, the town hall burned down in the great city fire of 1702 and the business was subsequently moved to a building at Stora Torget.

Theatrum Œconomicum

Theatrum Œconomicum is located on the north side of the square, with the gable facing Östra Ågatan. The oldest part was built in 1651. The Department of National Economics (hence the name "Theatrum Oeconomico-Mechanicum) was in the building in 1750. Nowadays, the Department of Political Science is housed in the building.

Skytteanum, Atterbomska huset and Skytteanska garden

The oldest parts of the medieval three-storey brick house date from the 14th and 15th centuries. An arch runs through the house, connecting Fyristorg with Riddartorget. The fine Scythean garden also belongs to the house. After the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, the Skytteanum became state property. Before that, the buildings had been part of the structure of buildings used as offices for the Cathedral. In 1622, the chancellor of the university and also the Riksrådet Johan Skytte established a professorship in eloquence and politics and in connection with this organized a renovation of the dilapidated house and the associated plot.

On the facade of the skytteanum, ten pieces of iron-shaped anchor ends can be seen that form the combination H J S F R F M N T G. This stands for the text Herr Johan Skytte Friherre Riksråd Mrs Maria Nääf Till Grönsöö. The Skytteanum has been declared a building monument since 1968.

Atterbom house

It is the farmhouse that is directly adjacent to the Skytteanum. The house was a brewery and baker's shed from 1782 and adjacent to the house there is also a stable building from the latter part of the 18th century. The Atterbomska house now serves as office space for teachers and researchers at the Department of Political Science. The Skytteanska Trädgården is a much appreciated place that gives the feeling of a small oasis in the middle of the city center. In 2000, the garden was renovated with the ambition that it would have a design that inspired the year 1792.

Oxienstiernska house

Oxienstiernska Huset was built as a residence for Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna, who was a diplomat and chancellor president during the reign of Charles XI. The house was completed in 1664. In 1708, the house was bought by Uppsala University. The house was used as an academic hospital, Nosocomium academicum, where Carl Von Linné worked as a professor of practical medicine in the middle of the 18th century. The hospital became the basis for the current Academic Hospital. It was used as a hospital until the 19th century before the new premises at the castle were built.

The Oxienstiernska house has since been used, among other things, as a student union office and as editorial premises for Upsala Nya Tidning. Värmland's nation has lived in the premises before the current nation's house in the same block was built in 1930. Since the beginning of the 1980s, when a major renovation was carried out, the annex building from the former city hotel was built together. The building is called the Juridicum and now houses more of the Department of Law and the Faculty of Law.

Riddatorget

The square has been known since the 13th century when St. Erik's chapel was built on the site. The relics of Eric the Saint were kept in the chapel. The relics were moved from Gamla Uppsala to the chapel. On the square was also Academia Carolina, which was a medieval building for Uppsala University. In the city fire of 1702, the chapel burned to the ground, including the cathedral chapel. Academia Carolina was badly damaged. The square was rebuilt after the fire. But the risk of fire spreading was reduced by increasing the distance between the buildings in the area. It is believed that the origin of the Square's name comes from the adjacent dean's house, which was purchased in 1741 by the academy rent master Petter Julinsköld, who was a knight.

Trädgårdsgatan 7E

The house that was formerly the Lundellska School but perhaps better known as "Skrapan" today houses seminar rooms and group rooms for our students.

Dag Hammarskiöld and the Legal Library

Built in 1891-92 by the architect Carl Axel Ekholm. Regnellianum is named after the donor Anders Fredrik Regnell. The facade inscription DONAVIT REGNELL testifies to the name of the house. Regnellianum was used by Uppsala University until 1968 as a physiology and pathology department. In 1981-1982, a major renovation was done to adapt the building to the needs of the Department of Theology. In 1993, the Regnellianum became a state building monument. In 2007, a renovation of the property was carried out. During this renovation, the building's original painting work was recreated. In 2015, the premises were adapted to house Dag Hammarskiöld and the Law Library.

Munken

In 1738, the Chancellor of the Academy approved that a Chemical laboratory would be built in the Munken quarter. Only in 1752 was the plot bought. Laboratorium Chemicum was built as the University's chemical department. The building is one of the city's oldest university buildings. In 1766, the house was ravaged by fire, but was repaired and built on one floor. In 1850, a building was added in the old Anatomicum quarter. The facade drawings were made with the participation of Crown Prince Karl XV, who was then university chancellor. The design of the wings was drawn in 1881. An internal reconstruction was carried out in 1932. In 1974-75, restoration work was carried out and also then internal reconstructions. For a period the Department of Psychology housed the buildings, but today the Institute for Housing and Urban Research has one of the buildings and the Department of Law has two of the buildings in the block.