Studentafton is Scandinavia's leading politically and religiously independent forum for speech and debate[1] and is a part of the Academic Society at Lund University.

For over a hundred years, Studentafton has invited to evenings featuring politicians, authors, musicians, Nobel laureate, scientists, journalists and opinion leaders to perform for Lund's students.

Visitors include Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters and Miriam Makeba.

Controversial speakers and opinion leaders have been invited over the years including Jesse Jackson,[7] Edward Snowden,[8] Bobby Seale, Pussy Riot, Günter Wallraff and Leni Riefenstahl.

A number of cultural personalities have visited, including film directors Ingmar Bergman, Jaques Tati, Ruben Östlund and Roger Vadim, and the author John le Carré.