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Universities in Sweden
Sweden has 22 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1477. 1 was founded before 1600. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.
UNIVERSITIES22
OLDEST1477
FOUNDED 1900+14
By founding era
Before 12000 · 0%
1200–15991 · 5%
1600–18997 · 32%
1900 or later14 · 64%
Date unknown0 · 0%
Oldest universities in Sweden
The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.
1477Uppsala University
1666Lund University
1792Military Academy Karlberg
1810Karolinska Institutet
1827Royal Institute of Technology
1829Chalmers University of Technology
1844Konstfack
1878Stockholm University
1954University of Gothenburg
1962Luftvärnets officershögskola och tekniska skola
1965Umeå University
1971Luleå University of Technology
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