page_title: Värmlands nation
section_title: The nation house
hierarchical_section_title: Värmlands nation / The nation house
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Värmlands nation 2014
context_page_description: Värmlands nation is one of the 13 student nations at Uppsala University.
  Värmlands nation catchment corresponds to Karlstad diocese, that is, the regions Värmland and Dalsland. No formal requirement related to any of these landscapes are nowadays a must. The nation has a wide range of activities, in addition to the nation's restaurant, café, pub and party activities the nation also has a library to borrow literature from. In addition, students also have the opportunities to apply for scholarships, and obtaining temporary loans from the nation. Other activities are: photography, sports, choir and theater. The nation building in red brick is designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg and was completed in the year 1930.
context_section_description: In 1826 Erik Gustaf Geijer, then inspector, initiated the construction of a private nation house for the students from Värmland by starting a fund for this purpose. His idea was that the building would house the nation's book collections and make room for gatherings, "literary, musical and gymnastic exercises." It was in the 1870s that a permanent solution was at hand, and in 1874 Värmlands nation bought a plot in the city block S: t Erik of the nation, which is the same site as the nation house today is on.
  There are early sketches of a grand tennis court. The opportunity was given when the faithful Värmland's member Jonas Bjurzon in 1883 donated the considerable sum of 30,000 crowns to the "building of a Nation-house of stone". But all the plans did not become reality and it took some time before the house was finished. It was in the autumn of 1910 that the building issue came up again, through the nation's Första kurator Helge Kjellin. He asked his brother Elis Kjellin, who was an architect in Stockholm, if he could make a proposal to the nation on a building, to which he replied yes. The mission was not officially asked, so the nation did not take a position on the proposals Elis leaving out. But now at least, the discussion started and it happened so that even a request went to Eli's more famous colleague Ragnar Östberg. This took place in autumn 1912, and was asked by the nation's Första and Andra kurator, Arne West Branch, and Hugo Stenbeck. The reason to why Östberg had been asked was not so out of the blue, since he was considered the best architect of his generation. Östberg had created this reputation mainly through his many villa projects and private residences. He also expressed strong disapproval of 1800s architecture ideals and was therefore also seen as the spokesman for a new age and ideals of life.
  Ragnar Östberg submitted a proposal to the nation in May 1913. Already during the fall semester of the same year they decided to go ahead with the plans. Östberg could therefore continue with sketches, and drawings could be delivered in May 1914. The nation was now had all it needed for a building to be erected, property, funds and drawings from the architect. But then came the war, and prices rose sharply, which resulted in a decision taken by the nation in November to delay the start of construction. After this the plans fell several years into dormancy. It was not until the end of 1925 as the plans again came up for discussion. But now the nations found Östberg's previous drawings outdated, after which the nation asked the architect to process them. This did not come as a surprise to Östberg, who himself had been rethinking these plans for the new nation house after the Stockholm City Hall was completed in 1923. Östberg who did not have any other project at the time, had in 1924 found his old drawings of the nation and thought it was unfair that those had been forgotten because of the war years. Östberg could around 1925, together with the newly elected countryman Paul Mohn, ignite the nation's interest to implement a new building.
  In 1926 Östberg could once more present a proposal which was substantially similar to the house we see today. In the drawings, they could see that the hall with its large staircase became one of the main rooms. The entrance had a long, narrow cloakroom and where we can see a broad staircase, which showed that Östberg not lost his love for the procession-like roads into a building. The facades with the high ceiling and the simple pilasters make the thoughts go to the Dutch and Swedish 1600s. After seeing these new drawings made by Ragnar Östberg, the decision was taken May 14, 1926 to give a mandate to the architect. Master drawings from Östberg came in March 1927. It was not until spring 1929 that the actual construction work could take off. To oversee the construction work, the nation choose Anders Diös. The Building Committee was led by Harald Eklund, Förste kurator in 1926 and then became a professor of philosophy of religion. It was only at the end of the construction, when 
caption: Värmlands nation 2014
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