Biskopsgatan 1
i Lund

in Swedish

The Bishop's house in Lund

We imagine that you are a student and have found the Academic Association (called AF in Lund, although it means something different in other cities). Walk up Sandgatan and you will come to 'Biskopshuset' as it is callesd in Swedish. The official Lund name is Old Biskopshuset. But you don't have time for double names, so now we just call it Biskopshuset.

Skissernas museum and The University Library (UB)

Biskopshuset is not open to the public, but behind the house lies the quite unique Skissernas museum (IDstory) which is next to the University library. Thomanders student dormitory↗ visible on the right in the picture. Johan Henrik Thomanders (IDstory) own house was moved to Kulturen in Lund. More about the history of the house ↓

One of Lund University's finest meeting and party venues

In 1994, the university bought the house back from the church. After renovation, the house is by many a highly valued and frequently used meeting place. It houses parts of the university's art collection (the painting below is one of many) and is where guests are treated and where academic and other kinds of wisdom is exchanged. The pictures show a conference room and the library.

Eberhard Rosén-Rosenblad

The painting and the photo, taken in the same room, are related. He was a professor of practical medicine in Lund, but also chief physician and superintendent at Ramlösa Brunn. Is that Ramlösa (a sparkling water brand) in the bottles? More about Eberhard Rosén-Rosenblad ↓

A note on the history and name of Biskopshuset

Biskopshuset was built in 1842 to house the departments of zoology, physics and chemistry. Hardly a bishop's house, but the house was given this name when the university discovered after a few years that it was too small and then exchanged houses with the church.

The bishops succeeded each other and Per-Olov Ahrén was the last bishop to live in the house. Bishop K G Hammar wanted a different residence and this led to another deal between the church and the university. The purchase was completed in 1994 and now the building has been renovated to its current appearance..

If you want to visit the bishop of the Lund diocese today, you can walk a few steps south of the Historical Museum to Krafts torg 12 B..

The official Lund - read the university - usually, but not always - calls the house the Old (Gamla) Biskopshuset. The author has taken the liberty of calling the house the Bishop's House. Among other things, because there is not a "New" to confuse it with. The new Biskopshuset houses Historiska museet↗ oand is located next to the Academic Association (AF) and the Cathedral.

Eberhard Rosén-Rosenblad

He was born in 1714 in Västergötland and died in Lund in 1796. His father wanted his talented son to become a priest, but Eberhard wanted something else. An illness made him interested in medicine and he also became a skilled botanist.

Eberhard Rosén-Rosenblad (IDstory) was buried in Lund Cathedral, but was moved from there around 1870 together with several other people and now has his grave in Lund's northern cemetery (quadrant 32, location 59).

He became a professor of practical medicine in Lund and between 1760 and 1795 was chief physician and well superintendent at Ramlösa Brunn. (It is called Fö Rámlösa which is said to derive from the word ramm which means wetland and lösa which is a type of slope). He also had a private practice in Ramlösa and is said to have been a very committed and well-liked doctor.

Rosén-Rosenblad was vice-chancellor of Lund University in 1755. Se list of all vice-chancellors at Lund university ↗ svW.

Han was born Rosén, was ennobled in 1770 and then added the surname Rosenblad.

Skane university hospital

Rosén-Rosenblad is considered as one of the founders of Lund University Hospital - now called 'Skane university' after a merger with Malmö Allmänna sjkhukhus - in 1768. About the creation of the hospital in Lund began with 6 places after decades of debate, submissions to authorities and many proposals. There is a book Lasarettet i Lund 1768-1968 written by Alfred Flaum.

References

• About BiBB, an encyclopedia 4.0 and media company
• Adress: Biskopsgatan 1     Karta | Ägare: Lunds universitet
• Historiska museet (f d nya Biskopshuset)
• Text/foto/webb: Johan Schlasberg

Published: 2006.07 Updated: 2025.06.01

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