Västgöta Nation, Lund

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The Västgöta Nation, or locally VG's, is a student society of Lund University in Sweden.

The nation traces its history to 1669 – the year after the university was founded. The nation was intended for students from the Västergötland province in Sweden. Among the first decrees were a prohibition of discussions, making clear that is was a social society for relaxation and leisure.

With the ensuing Scanian War from 1676 to 1682, the nation's activities were halted, and not reestablished until 1685. From 1685, its traditions have followed an unbroken succession, although it was merged with Östgöta Nation and Kalmar Nation between 1767 and 1821, as a result of low student numbers at the university.

Today the nation has 1,800 members out of the university's 34,000 students.