Early universities in the Nordic world

The 15^th century saw the establishment of the first universities in the Nordic world, both in Uppsala in Sweden (1477) and the Danish capital of Copenhagen (1479). It was not until the 17^th century that two more universities were established – at Dorpat (Tartu) in what was then Swedish Estonia (in 1632, albeit that this was only short-lived, being closed in 1699 after the territory was taken over by Russia which only reestablished a university there in 1802), and Turku in what was then Swedish Finland (1640 – later moved to Helsinki). Within the Danish realm, Copenhagen University remained the only centre for study until 1811, when a university was established in Christiana (modern Oslo) in Norway. Iceland had to wait until 1911, for its first university (in Reykjavik).