Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Nineteenth-Century University Jubilees as the Driving Force of Increasing Nordic Cooperation -- 1. The Bicentenary of Helsinki University in 1840. The Jubilee of a Russian University in a Nordic Context -- 2. The University of Dorpat as a(n) (Inter)National Institution at its 50th Anniversary in 1852 by Pieter Dhondt and Sirje Tamul -- 3. The Christiana University’s 50 Years Celebration in 1861. National Pride and Scandinavian Solidarity by John Peter Collett -- 4. The Bicentenary of the University of Lund in 1868. A Low Point in Scandinavian Cooperation, or a Rebirth? by Fredrik Tersmeden and Pieter Dhondt -- 5. The Echo of the Quartercentenary of Uppsala University in 1877 across Scandinavia -- 6. Once Again, a Celebration in Uppsala. The European Dimension of the Anniversary of the Death of Carl Linnaeus in 1878 by Carl Frängsmyr -- 7. The Quartercentenary of the University of Copenhagen in 1879. Denmark Between Europe and the Nordic Countries by Ejvind Slottved -- 8. “Three the Nordic countries are, the Nordic maid but one”. A Different Perspective on Nineteenth-Century University Festivities by Hanna Enefalk -- 9. University Centenary Ceremonies in Scotland 1884–1911 by Robert D. Anderson -- 10. Science, Populist Democracy and Honour. The 1911 Centenary Celebration of the Royal Frederick University in Kristiania by Robert Marc Friedman -- 11. University of Iceland. A Citizen of the Respublica Scientiarum or a Nursery for the Nation? by Guðmundur Hálfdanarson -- 12. Nineteenth-Century University Jubilees as (Rhetorical) Attempts at Increasing Nordic Cooperation -- Index of Personal Names -- Index of Place Names.

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Whereas nineteenth-century university jubilees traditionally led to the writing of histories that celebrated an individual university, in this volume they have inspired instead a stimulating comparative approach that studies jubilees themselves across Northern Europe. Starting from the bicentenary of Helsinki University in 1840 and finishing with the opening of the University of Iceland in 1911, this book focuses on the importance of these jubilees for the development of Scandinavist ideas and increasing cultural and scientific cooperation between the Nordic countries. Can these jubilees be regarded as the driving force of increasing Nordic cooperation? The analysis here shows that university and political authorities have always sought the right balance between the national, regional (in casu Nordic) and international character of their celebration.

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