It is a quite prestigious role to be invited to undertake as it implies the trust and respect of the student community.
The inspektor may be of either gender and is usually a professor (although in Sweden any member of the university's teaching staff is acceptable).
They used to be present at the nation's annual general meeting (known as a "Landsskap") as well as other special occasions such as the Newcomer's Feast ("Novichfest" or "Recentiorsgasque").
Inspektors now also exist at some technical colleges, at some other universities and in some Swedish student unions.
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