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Uppsala University celebrated its 400th anniversary with pomp
and circumstance in 1877. As a present from the Swedish state on
this occasion, the University received a new main building
- University Hall - which is still in use. The king, Oscar II,
laid the first founding stone on the last of April 1879. The
building was officially opened ten years later, on May 17th,
1887. The new building was a great contribution to the
university with its eleven new lecture halls, which are still
being used.
The most architecturally impressive room in
the building is the Grand Auditorium (generally called the
'Aula'). With room for 1800 in the audience, the Aula is used for
professor inaugurations, doctorate promotions and other academia
ceremonies, as well as for concerts and other non-academic
events. On the first floor, the university board has offices for
meetings and on the upper level there is the so-called Chancellor's
Room, where the University's Rector receives prominent guests.
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Foto: Tobias Wassén
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