Welcome to Alnarp and it’s Student Union!
There are two Student Unions at Campus Alnarp:
LMK, Lantmästarkåren, which is responsible for the about 180 Lantmästare, a two-year agriculture education, and
ASK, Alnarps Studentkår.
The Student Union YOU will be a member of is ASK, Alnarps Studentkår, which has about 450 members. It is an organization for all of the landscape architects, horticulture students, landscape engineers, garden engineers and forestry students. The common abbreviations for the four first mentioned studies are lark, hort, ling and tring, respectively. You will probably come across these terms a lot. The number you often find after this abbreviation is the study year the student is in (hort 4 means that it is a horticulture student in his/her 7th or 8th term, i.e. the fourth study year).
Student Union Board
- Joakim Fagerström (Tring), chairman ordf_ask@stud.slu.se
- Anna Enocksson (Hort), vice-chairman vice_ask@stud.slu.se
- Katarina Persson (Hort), treasurer kass_ask@stud.slu.se
- Birgit Bjelkengren (Lark), secretary sek_ask@stud.slu.se
- Elouise Le Veau (Lark), SLUSS-representative sluss_ask@stud.slu.se
- Jan Sjöö (Tring), register responsible reg_ask@stud.slu.se
- Hanna Lönnqvist (Lark), Study social questions stud_ask@stud.slu.se
Address:
Alnarps Studentkår
Box 3
SE-230 53 Alnarp
Sweden
Office Hours
The Student Union office is open during the semester.
The regular Student Union office hours are:
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- 12.10 until 12.40
Beside the office hours, feel free to contact any of the board members, by e-mail or in person.
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Student Union Membership
As a member of Alnarps Student Union you have all the same rights as the Swedish student. You may consume all the services the Student Union offers and participate in the quarterly all-university student meetings, where you might get the chance to elect your representatives.
The outer sign for your membership is a membership card that looks like a credit card and is called the Mecenat card. When the fee is paid you will receive your card in a few weeks. This entitles you to a large number of discounts (e.g. students prices for railway tickets within Sweden, 10-15% discounts on goods in many shops, detailed information on this will accompany the card) or visit: The Mecenat card.
Student Union Fee
You should pay your student fee as quickly as possible using the bill (terminsräkning) provided to you. The fee is to be paid at the beginning of each semester. You have to pay your bill by you internetbank or by visiting a bankoffice.
For internetbank:
IBAN: SE36 9500 0099 6018 0601 1324
SWIFT: NDEASESS
Committees
The work of the Student Union is often delegated to committees (utskott), to which you are very welcome should some of them spark your interest.
Some of the more important committees are:
Klubbmästeriet
This group is responsible for all the bigger parties here at Alnarp. Most Thursdays is the student pub in the Student Union building open. Every second time the pub is organized by ASK, the other LMK (agricultural student organization). Independently on the organizer, every student is welcome. But don’t forget to bring your student membership card, otherwise their will be a charge of 50 SEK for a guest id. This also applies to all friends you bring with you. Each semester there is also a couple of larger dinner parties organized either by ASK or LMK, whom all students are welcome to. Look out for invitations on your email or at posters in school.
IF (ASK:s sports club)
This group organizes sport events for everybody who is interested. Usually there is a weekly soccer game and floorball (a kind of ice hockey, but with running shoes and indoors). There will be equipment for you to use free of charge. No matter who you are, which sex you have or how skilled you feel yourself, just go there and enjoy shaking your bones. The most important is that everybody shall have fun, no matter how good or bad you are at a certain sport. Do not hesitate!
Check at: Idrottsföreningen for current playing times or email the responsible person.
PhD Student Council
Visit our webpage for more information: PhD Student Council
please contact us if you have questions, thoughts or wish to join your PhD Student Council!
Bureaucracy, offices etc. how to get around…
Additional information here
Queue number:
Keep in mind that you need a queue number for almost everything in Sweden when shopping etc. for instance in shops (sic !) large post offices, banks, railway ticket offices, systembolaget, authorities such as the police and länsstyrelsen (The County Administrative Board) just to mention a few.
Social registration number (personnummer)
You will very often be asked for your “personnummer”. All Swedish citizens have a social registration number, which consist of six digits, which represent the persons date of birth (YYMMDD), and four extra digits (e.g. 780324-4637). Understand that the usual European level of data protection does not exist in Sweden.
You will receive a social registration number, once you have settled in Sweden, from Länsstyrelsen in Malmö. For students who stay less than a year and do not earn money will not receive a personal social registration number. Therefor when asked to enter your social registration number, enter your date of birth and then add four zeroes (e.g. 750925-0000).
Emergencies
For any serious emergency, dial: 112.
This will get you in touch with an operator that will ask you what the emergency is.
- State the nature of the emergency: e.g. fire, medical problems, accident, violance etc.
- How many injured
- Your name
- Address were the emergency is
Useful telephone numbers, non emergencies
The local police
Phone: 040-203220
Police information for exchange students
Phone: 040-201000
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Health care
Hopefully you have checked that your personal health insurance is up to date before you left your home country.
Swedish students have a special health care system with offices both in Lund (phone: 046-2224377) and in Malmö (040-325087). It is open also for exchange students who are registered members of a Student Union in Sweden. Here you will find help by general practitioners, social welfare officers and specialists. In case of an emergency, call 112 for ambulance or go straight to the Lund hospital. For further information, either contact Cecilia Alsved, Slottet (so-called ”castle”, second floor, the door to the right) or Student health. Always bring your insurance forms when you visit a doctor.
Public transportation
Trains:
The Swedish Railway Company, SJ is not responsible for the local train net around Malmö and Lund. The trains that stops at Åkarp (at the nearest station) are the so-called Pågatågen. These are run by the local traffic company Skånetrafiken. The only way to get a discount on the ticket price on these trains is to use a discount card (Jojo-kort), which you purchase at the major offices in Lund and Malmö. The only other way to pay for your ticket in the bus/train is with a credit card (cash is not accepted).
The discount card can be pre-charged with a certain amount of money 200-300 kr, and then used like a credit card in special ticket vending machines (the purple ones with the railway net on it). Always choose the price for ”vuxen”, adult. With the Jojo-card you get a discount of about 10 per cent. Any train stopping in Åkarp will also stop in Malmö and in Lund. You should always make sure that you have paid for the train ride. Train tickets between Malmö and Lund are controlled extremely frequently.
The railroad tracks which are located at the western fringe of Alnarp are just for transit traffic, there is no train station in neither Alnarp nor in Lomma.
Busses:
The only bus which stops at Alnarp is Region bus nr. 133, which goes directly to Malmö Central Station. For detailed information on time of departure visit: (timetables). There are no departures during the weekend (saturday-sunday). From Lund there is no direct bus to Alnarp at all. The closest main bus station is located in Lomma, were you can find busses to both Malmö and Lund. For timetables visit Skånetrafiken
Long-distance busses might be an economic alternative to train rides. The bus company Swebus offers the lowest rates to the major cities in Sweden. You do not have to reserve a seat at the bus, the company promise to have as many busses as needed on their routes. For timetables visit Swebus. All information on this page is in swedish. The individual destinations can be found under Linjetrafik.
Travelling from Malmö to Copenhagen is best done by train. The trains depart three times an hour in both directions. Another way to get to Denmark is the ferry connection Helsingborg-Helsingör. A quite nice destination for day excursions is the island of Ven, to which you can go by ferry from the city of Landskrona.
Other ferry travel destinations available from southern Swedish ports are: Germany (Trelleborg-Sassnitz). Poland (Malmö-Swinouscie) or Lithuania (Malmö-Klaipeda, Ystad-Klaipeda). From Ystad you can also travel to the danish island of Bornholm quite regularly.
Air travel:
For most international flights is it better to depart from Copenhagen airport, Kastrup. An easy way to get there is to take the train from Malmö Central station. The train stops at Kastrup airport. From Malmö airport, Sturup, it is possible to reach some major European destinations and almost any place in Sweden. Beside the big airline company SAS there are also some smaller ones, for example Malmö Aviation, which have quite good prices. Note that if you are under 25 years and take the risk to fly stand-by you will get very good prices for all domestic destinations. There is a bus to Sturup airport, which leaves from Malmö central station and Lund central station.
Biking:
A bike is good to have. Always keep your bike locked, bicycle thefts are quite frequent in this area. Make sure that you have a working light in both front and back of the bike, because if the police catch you without light you may have to pay a hefty fine.
Taxi:
The taxi fee between Alnarp and Lund or Malmö varies from 170 SEK up to 300 SEK, but always ask for a fixed price, otherwise you risk to be charged for kilometers and then it can cost you as much as 400 SEK!
Own car:
In Sweden we drive on the right hand side of the road. You have to be 18 years to hold a driver’s licence to drive a car. You have to bring the licence with you whenever you drive. You can use a foreign driver´s licence for one year in Sweden. Before the end of this one-year period, you can apply for a Swedish licence.
Parking in Alnarp is free of charge as long as you keep to the marked parking lots. In Malmö and Lund you may pay quite high parking fees at least in the city centre.
Shopping and Offices
There are no grocery stores in Alnarp.
Therefore you quite often have to find your way into Arlöv, Lomma, Åkarp, Malmö or Lund.
The more important shops and offices are:
Supermarkets in Lomma:
ICA Supermarket (closest to Alnarp, rather cheap but rather small assortment)
ICA Mårtensson,
Hemköp Lomma,
Konsum Lomma (a lot of organic food)
Supermarkets in Arlöv:
Burlöv Center, Shopping Mall:
Many different shops including large grocery store; Coop, building equipment, books, clothes, shoes etc.
Supermarkets in Åkarp:
ICA Mathuset,
ICA Frestaren
Fast food:
Blå caféet, Kustvägen, here you’ll find quite a strange mix of professors, truck drivers, agricultural students and other students. At a walking distance from Alnarp.
At campus:
The Alnarps restaurant at campus, is open from 9.00 – 15.30. Lunch is served between 11.00 – 14.30, the price is 40 – 70 SEK, water, bread and sallad is always included in the price.
Pizzerias:
There are pizzerias in both Lomma and Åkarp. Best pizzas has Pizzeria Viking on Strandvägen 102 in Lomma and Åkarps pizza.
Post offices:
Packages and parcels sent to you can be picked up at various places, usually gas-stations or at grocery stores . The location were you will pick up your parcel is stated on the invoice that you will receive in the mail.
Banks, ATM:s
SEB, Arlöv (ATM accepting all cards)
SEB, Lomma (ATM accepting all cards)
Swedbank, Lomma (ATM accepting all cards)
Sparbanken, Lomma (ATM accepting some cards)
Sparbanken, Arlöv
Sparbanken, Åkarp
Handelsbanken, Arlöv, Lomma
Banks:
The best solution is to have your own bank in your home country to recommend a Swedish bank that they have a good relationship with. If you do not have any preference from home, you would obviously like to use the most ”student friendly” one. SEB does not demand any fees or personal number when opening an account. Easiest is to check with fellow students.
Drawing equipment:
Malmö:
Drewex, large and cheap assortment of drawing equipment
Annies ramstuga, has contact with SLU mention that you are a student at SLU to get a lower price.
Kullander, 20% discount as student.
Model building equipment:
Malmö:
Bosses Hobby, Värnhemstorget (especially model building wood)
Panduro Hobby, S. Forstadsgatan
For other special shops have a look in the phonebook for the Malmö area. Look in the yellow pages or at www.eniro.se
Culture
Information concerning local events is best found in Sydsvenskan, the largest local newspaper.
Some important places:
Music Lund:
Mejeriet
Music Malmö:
Theater:
A lot is happening in Copenhagen as well.
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Housing
Information on Housing in Swedish
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Swedish language course
If you want to learn the Swedish language you can take a course in either Lund or Malmö. For example ILPC-summer course (International Language Preparatory Course) and EILC (Erasmus Intensive Language Course), at Malmö University.
ERASMUS – students can get additional money from the Europan Union for this time.
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Public Holidays
- Jan 1st, New Year’s Day, (nyårsdagen)
- Jan 6th, Epiphany, (trettondagen)
- Good Friday (långfredagen)
- Easter Monday (annandag påsk)
- May 1st, (första maj)
- Ascension Day (the 39th day after Easter Sunday) (Kristi himmelsfärdsdag)
- June 6th, Sweden’s National Day, in comemoration of King Gustav Vasa’s accession to the throne in 1523 and the signing of the Government Act in 1809.
- Midsummer’s Day (celebrated on the Saturday between the dates 20-26th June) (midsommardagen).
- All Saints’ Day (celebrated on the Saturday between Oct 31th and Nov 6th) (allhelgonadagen)
- Dec 25th, Christmas Day, (juldagen)
- Dec 26th, Boxing Day, (annandag jul)
Most State employees are also free on weekends, on Midsummer’s Eve, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
All Sundays and holidays are marked red in a Swedish calendar.
Electricity
The electric current from wall outlets is 220V DC, 50 cycles (Hz). The wall outlets or plugs might also be different. So, in order for you to use an electric razor, hair dryers, computers, radio etc, you may have to use a specific adaptor and/or converter. Electricity is not included if you rent an apartment.
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