Kalmar nation housing
Live at Kalmar nationWe can offer our members student housing in two different housing associations: Bortom Bullret and Rackarnäbbet. The former consists of a bigger number of dorm rooms, and the latter of a small number of apartments. Both associations are in close proximity to the nation – in central Uppsala!
How it works
Apply for housing through Kalmar
Housing through Kalmar nation is offered through www.nationsgardarna.se.
It’s easy – simply register on Nationsgårdarna, and send in your application for the available rooms and apartments!
Bortom bullret and Rackarnäbbet
The associations
Rackarnäbbet – historical apartments
In the block with cultural heritage, Övre Slottsgatan 15-19 (the hill next to the nation-building) you find three 1-room apartments, seven 2-room apartments, and two 3-room apartments in renovated wood houses from the 17th- to 19th Century. All apartments are rented without furniture.
Bortom Bullret – housing with a heritage
At Rundelsgränd 6A och 6B (known as Bortom Bullret) and S:t Johannesgatan 19 (Parthenon) there’s 92 single rooms, 8 doublets och 1 triplet. The single rooms are part of dorms, where you share a kitchen. Most of the single rooms are 19 square meters. All single rooms have their own private toilet and shower. In the doublet- and triplet rooms the house mates share both kitchen and toilet. All rooms are rented without furniture.
Bortom Bullret is located very centrally in Uppsala, and the rent is relatively low. The dorm-atmospheres are generally very good, and the residents feel comfortable.
If both rooms in the doublets are available at the same time, two applicants can merge their housing points.
Questions regarding lease or housing?
Kontakta: info@studentvagen.se or telephone (+46) 018-51 85 10.
Want to get first dibs?
Recceförtur – priority for new students
How Does It Work?
Before the term starts, we rent out 75% of our available rooms with priority given to members who are first-year students (recentiors). This opportunity is only available for a limited time before each term begins.
All applicants are placed on a queue list, and those at the top will be offered a contract first. The application date determines the order, except in cases of additional priority. Don’t miss the opportunity for extra priority if you have a special connection to Kalmar County — you can read more about that below! The application date is based on when you submit a complete application.
At the beginning of week 3, applicants will be contacted according to the queue list and offered housing until all rooms are filled. If you are offered a contract, the signing will take place physically at the nation or digitally via the internet. Access and move-in to the housing will be no earlier than February 3, 2025.
How do I apply?
You can only apply for the rooms by sending an email with your admission notice, personal identification number, phone number, and name to 1q@kalmarnation.se starting from December 16, 2024, but no later than January 10, 2025, at 12:00 PM.
You will receive extra priority if you:
- Come from Kalmar County,
- Graduated from a high school in Kalmar County, or
- Have a parent who was a member of Kalmar Nation in Uppsala.
To support this, send physical copies of your high school diploma or a certificate of personal identity (proving parentage or origin). The submitted documents must be certified by at least two other people with their signatures, printed names, and phone numbers. Send these documents to:
Förste kurator
Kalmar Nation
Svartmangatan 3
753 12 Uppsala
The documents must reach the Förste kurator no later than January 10, 2025, at 12:00 PM. To register the priority, wait for a confirmation email. Therefore, it is important to include your email address when mailing the documents.
You do not need to have paid the term fee to apply, but it must be paid to sign the contract. A person who has paid the membership fee will be placed higher on the list than someone who has not.
Want extra housing points?
Ämbetsmannapoints
Ämbetsmannapoints – it pays off to get active in the nation
As ämbetsman at Kalmar nation you get the perk to collect additional points for our housing.
To get the points you have to apply, by visiting First Curator during office hours. The points are awarded after the first board meeting of the semester (Autumn 2021, it’s on the 28th of September). A semester is counted only if the position started no later than the last of October (Autumn semester), or no later than February (Spring semester), and requires a completed semester.
How the points work
1 point – one semester with ämbete
2 points – one semester in the klubbverk or two/more semesters with other ämbete
3 points – one semester as curator or two/more semesters in the klubbverk
4 points – two/more semesters as curator or two/more semesters in the klubbverk and two/more semester with other ämbete