Katholieke Studenten Vereniging Hollandia Lovaniensis (KSV Hollandia Lovaniensis)
KSV Hollandia Lovaniensis is a mixed club for Dutch students in Leuven.
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History
From Hollandsche Klub to KSV Hollandia Lovaniensis (1886-1942)
When, in the 1870s and 1880s, Leuven student life began to organize itself according to the model still used today, a few associations of foreign students arose alongside Flemish and Walloon guilds and clubs. These included the Swiss, the Luxembourgers and the Dutch who united in their own associations. The Dutch joined together in the "Hollandsche Klub" in 1886. The origin of the traditionally inherited date of March 24 is shrouded in obscurity, and is not supported by any written sources. Little is known of these early years.
From the 1890s only a few mentions in Ons Leven survived; about a concert, a reading circle, the tenth anniversary in 1896 and the purchase of the club banner. Also known before 1898 is the last name of a first praeses; a certain Mr. Verwer. These scant mentions suggest that relations between the ancestor of today's Hollandia and the Flemish clubs were rather on the cool side. Even when the historical material becomes somewhat more extensive in the 1930s, there are indications of contacts with the other two foreign clubs and newcomer Eumavia (from the East Cantons that Belgium had been allowed to annex after World War I) but not really for the actual Flemish or Walloon clubs.
During World War I, the university was inevitably closed and the club disappeared. Only after 1919 did it reappear like most other Leuven associations. It is possible that this is when the name change to the Latin Hollandia Lovaniensis took place, but it is just as likely that it was not until 1930. Very little is known about this period as well: a single report on the years 1919-1922 by then-president Jean van de Voort in the 1951 lustrum book is all that remains. At that time there does seem to have been some drawing nearer to the Flemish clubs. A photograph in the university archives showing a number of gentlemen wearing student caps and the Hollandia banner has traditionally been interpreted as a visit by Flemish praesides to Hollandia in the 1930s. However, comparison with other photographs with Flemish praesides allows this photograph to be dated as early as 1923-1925.
In fact, the well-documented history of Hollandia begins only in January 1930, date of the oldest archival document, namely a copy of the Statutes. In it, there is mention of a new refoundation, which leads to the conclusion that the beginning of Hollandia's history was rather slow and laborious. Possibly this re-establishment can be related to the founding of the Seniorenkonvent Leuven (SK-Leuven), which attests to a more institutionalized student life. However, there is little evidence of contacts between Hollandia and the SK. The 1930 club officially titled itself as the "Nederlandsche studentenvereeniging te Leuven Hollandia Lovaniensis." It seems to be a rather elitist society, to which one could only become a member by cooptation. Atmosphere and program seem to have been insufficient to prevent a countermovement. In 1936, when Hollandia under praeses Leo van Hommerich celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a soirée in an expensive Brussels hotel, a few students formed a second Dutch student society, Neerlandia Lovaniensis, on a model more in keeping with the spirit of the times and that in the Netherlands itself.
While Belgian student life on both sides of the language border is based primarily on region, Dutch student life is more based on a ideological approach and -certainly at that time- was still strongly compartmentalized. Neerlandia therefore, in accordance with that practice, distinctly bestowed upon itself the predicate "Roman Catholic," which in Leuven itself was completely unnecessary and meaningless. As heir to Neerlandia, the current Hollandia is also still officially called "Catholic Student Association Hollandia Lovaniensis" and considers itself the oldest Dutch Catholic student association. Thus, in explicit form, this designation is more than fifty years younger than the association itself. Moreover, the 1930s were characterized by the emergence of increasingly radical and extremist groups on the right. An effective remedy against this seemed to be found in solid Catholic supervision, which partly explains this deliberately Catholic predicate. A key position in the association was occupied by the moderator, the spiritual counselor, chosen from among the priest-members within the association. It was not until the 1990 amendment to the bylaws that this position disappeared, not least because priests had since long disappeared from among the association's members. The moderator celebrated the weekly Mass, supervised morals and had the final say in all things "Catholic." At least in theory, because in practice there are not many traces of intervention.
Neerlandia clearly met the needs better and the old Hollandia soon led a very languishing existence. Initial attempts at reconciliation between the two rival clubs were doomed to failure and, as of 1938, every trace of Hollandia was missing: a membership card bearing the colors orange, white and blue of the then praeses Jan Dormans was the last document. However, within Neerlandia a polarization between a more political wing and the others emerged once again. The outbreak of World War II prevented a rift: the politically right-wing orientation disappeared and the association became a model of unity during the difficult war years. There are whispers that the association played an important role in a courier network, but evidence for this is lacking. Possibly this is a somewhat exaggerated self-image, created and developed in a post-war culture that glorified resistance.
In the war year 1941-1942, under praeses Leopold Knops, two important events did take place for the continuation. On March 6, 1942, during the inauguration, an institution unique in Leuven, but very peculiar to Hollandia, appeared for the first time: the Blood Council or Court of Inquisition. Moreover, on Friday, June 12, 1942, Neerlandia took the decision to re-adopt the old name Hollandia. In doing so, it tied back to the association from 1886. Hollandia is thus the direct heir to Neerlandia that was founded as a rival to the older Hollandia. Immediately after this successful year, the association disappeared again into the mists of history, to reappear in January 1945, with the opening of the academic year.
The golden fourties, fifties and sixties: Hollandia's classic heyday (1945-1969)
After a difficult start, a second major phase of Hollandia's history began in January 1945, characterized mainly by a predominance of the atmosphere of Dutch student life, albeit on the modest scale of the Leuven milieu in terms of membership. Perhaps never did Hollandia have more the character of an association of foreigners.
When the University of Leuven reopened its doors in January 1945, no university was operational in the liberated south of the Netherlands: Nijmegen, the only university, was completely in ruins. This explained the influx of Dutch students at that time. For Hollandia, it meant a golden time, but also an immediate adjustment. The society obtained its mixed character at that point. The archives still contain the letter that Praeses Leopold Knops wrote to Rector Van Waeyenbergh requesting permission for female students to attend meetings of Hollandia. This included a repeated promise that these female students would be returned to their pedas under appropriate guidance. The answer came quite quickly: signed by Vice-Rector Suenens (later Archbishop of Malines), permission was given, "for the time being," but the provisional decision proved to be final.
Cantuses had never been their strong point, but now disappeared entirely. Hollandia became a true social club for everyone, turning into a truly Dutch club more than ever before. The club grew spectacularly and the board began to struggle to keep the more than sixty members under control. The typical formality and deftness of Dutch student life of those days also made its appearance in Hollandia. Membership meetings with numerous playfully intended motions of no confidence, formation of disputes and other matters completely unknown to the other Leuven societies were the order of the day. Contacts with the [[|Seniorenkonvent Leuven (SK-Leuven)|SK]], the KVHV or the Flemish clubs individually were virtually non-existent. In contrast, Hollandia did participate in the federating organization of foreign students in Leuven, something that would not come to an end until 1985.
A special figure in the Hollandia of this period was Jan Foederer, a painter from Helmond (1914-1985), who was a member from 1946 (until his death). Through his continuous and cross-generational membership, he was to become, in a sense, the personification of Hollandia. A distinguished figure in the annual Court of Inquisition, he also had a repertoire of declamations from which he drew at various gatherings (the Creation Story, the Song of Praise to Hollandia, Johanna).
Hollandia had two annual highlights: the party for the inauguration of new members in November or December and the dies natalis traditionally celebrated just before the block. Both were in gala costume. The dies natalis (like the lustrum celebration) consisted of a mass, an academic session with speaker, a dinner-dansant and a breakfast at the Gambrinus on the Grote Markt or dew stepping at the Zoete Waters.
Perhaps the high point of this heyday was in the year 1947. The society then performed Godfried Bomans' famous play Blood and Love (The comedy is a parody of the many historical plays. Hence the quasi-bombastic language. Bomans takes a run at history by situating all sorts of historical figures from different periods together at the same time.), but also published a club magazine: Ceterum Censeo.
In May 1947, however, a somewhat obscure event took place that has gone down in Hollandia history as the May Revolt. Apparently, the society began to lose considerable ground in terms of traditional Dutch student style, which led to some 'conformists' committing a kind of coup d'état and Leuven suddenly being temporarily burdened with two Dutch student societies, namely, the old KSV Hollandia Lovaniensis and, by contrast, the NSC Hollandia Lovaniensis (= Dutch Student Corps). At the beginning of the 1947-48 acadamy year, however, the folds appeared to be smoothed out again: a real split did not follow. The NSC'ers insisted on more heartfelt studenticality, more style in dress and appearance, but also a more fiercely expressed student feeling, not only in the field of leisure, but also religiously. They took the predicate "Catholic" considerably more serious than the KSV'ers whom were accused of being a rather colorless and incoherent, non-committal, amorphous group.
As early as the late 1940s, the number of new Dutch students in Leuven began to decline. With that, a benevolent afterglow set in, in which the club sank back to about twenty members who tried to maintain as much as possible the atmosphere of the great heyday. A certain inbreeding should perhaps not be dismissed from the club, at least as far as one can conclude from the abundant archival material. A special shoot on the Hollandia stem at this stage was also the former members' association which saw life just after the boom and which existed under the patronage of Pope Adrian VI (Pope from 1522-1523 and founder of the College of Popes) as "the greatest Dutchman in Leuven of all time" from 1951 to 1954 and published its own Announcements Journal Leuven-Nederland.
The association sometimes appeared in Leuven as an importer of typically Dutch culture: for example, it twice organized a lecture by Godfried Bomans and was also active in the "Dutch Week" organized by the university during the 1960s, including in 1969 around Desiderius Erasmus.
A central idea in association life in those days was occupied by the desire to have a 'home' of one's own. Various plans were drawn up, some initiatives were also realized (such as the so-called 'basement' in Naamsestraat in the early 1960s), but it never lasted long. In fact, Hollandia was simply too small for that. The association actually lived increasingly in blissful isolation: contacts with Leuven student life were scarce, those with the Dutch (Catholic) associations almost purely formal and limited to the exchange by card of the board composition. Slowly the association began to doze off, and the turmoil of the 1960s seemed at first to completely escape Hollandia.
At least, if true revolution had not occurred in Hollandia a year after the May '68 uprising as well.
Revolution: Hollandia in existential crisis (1969-1986)
In the academic year 1968-69, the question was raised whether one should wear a frock at the traditional grand festivities of inauguration and dies natalis or whether city attire would suffice. This, in our eyes perhaps somewhat trivial matter, became the impetus for a real cultural revolution. In this period in which everything had to change, Hollandia started to question all aspects: was a society still relevant? Was Hollandia not too much bound by statutes and rules and forms and norms?
In 1972-1973, the classic administrative structure disappeared and a kind of core group led the club, or what was still to be called as such. Above all, nothing really binding or obligatory seemed to be the motto. At that time, Hollandia met in a now demolished little house at Ravenstraat 8, which was set up as a kind of bar. That was all it was capable of. An association that no longer binds, however, is doomed to disappear. After another slightly more traditional board had been elected in October 1973, the association disappeared without a trace in the spring of 1974.
This was followed by a serious crisis that at the same time will prove to be the transition period to the present Hollandia. A typical problem for Hollandia is the recruitment of new members. Whereas most Leuven clubs have a single-town recruitment area, where personal relationships can play an important role, this is considerably more difficult for Hollandia. Most Dutch students in Leuven traditionally came from the southern provinces of North Brabant and Limburg. The rest of the country supplied fewer students to Leuven than each of these two provinces individually. The north-eastern provinces (Overijssel, Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen) were particularly poorly represented. Traditionally, it was mainly the Faculty of Theology and the Higher Institute of Philosophy that were a major drawing force, along with Pol & Soc and Psychology until around 1970, because these disciplines were themselves underdeveloped in the Netherlands. Due to the numerus clausus at home, slowly more and more Dutch students of Medicine flocked to Leuven to form the main group since then. The geographical distribution is also less distinctly Southern Dutch / Below-Moerdijk than before 1970. Nevertheless, these developments have not really been significant for the history of the society as such. In contrast, the general atmosphere of individualisation of the 1970s and the partial return to more organised forms in the 1980s defined it.
After a good two years of oblivion, Hollandia reluctantly resurfaced, as a trial run, in March 1976. The initiative came from Harry Spoelstra, who the following year would lead the first association year of the renewed Hollandia as a true praeses. The later president of Doctors Without Borders Netherlands, Jacques Demilliano, succeeded him, but after this second year, the association began to decline again. A second attempt at recovery took place in 1981-82 under Hessel de Jongh and Ernest Luyten but this attempt too foundered after two years. In 1985, on the eve of the centenary, the association had only five members. Hessel de Jongh and his successor Ernest Luyten were the first to contact the SK since a long time. They also introduced bands, although people wore the Hollandiaband only at the inauguration and the dies natalis. On ordinary club nights, a Hollandia member was not identifiable. Moreover, contrary to practice in Leuven, all four board members wore a wide band. The master of novices appeared to exist only on the evening of the inauguration itself. Of the pre-crisis Hollandia, the Court of Inquisition in particular survived. Hollandia now actually met in a pub, 't Kraakske until 1990, and then in Den Bel and the Ambiorix. For the first time, Hollandiapraesides attended meetings of the SK. However modest, the path that would make Hollandia a Leuven club had been set.
The board of the jubilee year 1985-86 with Myriam van Loon as the only female praeses and Dr Michiel Verweij as ab actis faced another deep decline. Yet once again they managed to pull the association out of the depression. Having never had to fear for its bare existence since then, one may say that from that year onwards the crisis was overcome. That year, contact was again sought with the SK, after it had been lost again in the years following De Jongh and Luyten. The codex was also consulted on how to go about it all. Hollandia was truly engaged in a cultural reorientation without parallel. It was no less than the gradual conversion of a Dutch club into a Leuven club.
Modern Hollandia: integration into the Leuven milieu (1986-2010)
The years that followed the recovery year 1985-86 brought continuity in terms of membership (around 25 to 40). At the same time, the new course was continued. Tijn van Ewijk (praeses 1987-88) made Hollandia effectively and officially join the SK. From then on, the adoption and application of the codex also moved at an accelerated pace. At the same time, the link with their own past continued with the functioning of Dr Michiel Verweij as Grand Inquisitor in the already mentioned Court of Inquisition. The combination of continuation of the policies of the restoration committee, especially through careful membership recruitment, with the new spirit led to an actual new flourishing, with very fine years under Wouter Lansink (1988-89) and Sven van Helden (1989-90), among others.
In the autumn of 1991, however, a new - and opposite - problem presented itself. Due to an exponential increase in university applications (especially for Medicine: there were suddenly some 200 new Dutch students that year), Hollandia could no longer cope with the growth. Tom Drixler (1991-92) took a somewhat radical approach. The application of the codex, which had still been somewhat free in previous years, now became stricter in an attempt to make Hollandia no longer a Dutch-Leuven hybrid in-between club, but a real Leuven club, while on the other hand the open access and membership recruitment of previous years (under the motto 'every member is a good member') was replaced by selection. In fact, the democratic tradition of membership meetings that were formally convened and decided on everything had already been scrapped in 1985-86 and replaced by a more permanent, but not formal, meeting where announcements could be made and questions asked. There was less and less voting in Hollandia. The mixed nature of the association was also questioned. In Drixler's year, there were even whispers about some kind of division into a boys' club and a girls' club, but that proposal never came to pass. A dispute, the Bokkenrijders, which presented itself as a revival of the 1947 dispute of the same name, did come into being, but more in line with the Dutch than the Leuven ones.
Hollandia clearly faced the problem of how to reconcile its own historical identity with the new direction, but perhaps as a result they were never so aware of the two poles in the name, Hollandia and Lovaniensis. Hollandia has become more of a Leuven club than ever before, integration within club life is at the top of the agenda, but some elements of the old association such as its mixed character and its own inauguration ritual with the Court of Inquisition have been preserved. In addition, a new activity like the gala ball ( since 1992-93) does clearly have its place in Leuven club life, replacing old solemn highlights like the dies natalis which now became less open and more a matter for the members of the moment. Incidentally, a second dispute, called Lothlórien, even came into being in 1997.
The reform of university education as a result of the Bologna agreements, with the introduction of the semester system in 2000-2001, has had a profound impact on club life: where before club life only came to a standstill towards the Easter holidays, there is now a clear division into two major blocks, October to December and February to April, and consequently a very different structure than before. Incidentally, in the first years of the 21st century, membership gradually declined, shrinking from over 40-50 to 20. Meanwhile, this has changed again and they have reached the figure of 40 again.
With this, Hollandia seems to be an outsider in the whole of Leuven's clubs after all, because for some years now there has been a clear malaise in Flemish club life that has led to the dissolution of several clubs. Hollandia's future, on the other hand, looks healthy, but the recent austerity measures of the Rutte government could have interesting consequences. At the moment (spring 2011), it is thought, or feared, that a veritable influx of Dutch students could descend on Leuven to avoid the sharply rising study costs. Whether Hollandia can handle such a tsunami remains to be seen. Especially if the association wants to make a strong case for integration at the same time. With 40 to 50 members, Hollandia is already the largest association. If that number grew to 80, even 100, the association would be far too big for that cadre. But how to respond? For years the main concern has been that not enough members were joining, now the opposite seems to be the case The problem Hollandia faced in the early 1990s seems to be looming again: there have been times when things looked very different. At the start of the 20th anniversary, at the club's centenary in 1985-86, the club had just five members.
Disputes
- Bokkerijders (°1947 - † 2001): Gentleman's dispute within Hollandia Lovaniensis. It was founded in 1947 but disappeared in the late 1950s. In the early 1990s it was re-established but disappeared again in 2001.
- De Nachtwacht(°1947 - † late 1950s): Gentleman's dispute within Hollandia Lovaniensis. It was founded in 1947 but disappeared in the late 1950s.
- De Sleutel (°1947 - † late 1950s): Gentleman's dispute within Hollandia Lovaniensis. It was founded in 1947 but disappeared in the late 1950s.
- Lothlórien (°1998 - † 2003): Ladies' dispute within Hollandia Lovaniensis. It was founded in 1998 but disappeared in 2003.
Colours
Their colours are Orange-White-Blue
Song
Wat eens in leed gescheiden werd
En nimmer is geheeld,
Een Nederland dat vrijheid werd,
Maar in zichzelf verdeeld,
Een Vlaanderen, die Franse knecht,
Maar in zijn oud geloven hecht:
Hollandia Lovaniensis,
Leeft den ouden Dietsen droom die is:
Aan hecht gegroeiden stam
De wijdvertakte kroon.
List of Praesides
| Year | Praeses |
|---|---|
| 1885 - 1886 | ? |
| 1886 - 1887 | ? |
| 1887 - 1888 | ? |
| 1888 - 1889 | ? |
| 1889 - 1890 | Antoine Beurskens |
| 1890 - 1891 | ? |
| 1891 - 1892 | ? |
| 1892 - 1893 | ? |
| 1893 - 1894 | ? |
| 1894 - 1895 | ? |
| 1895 - 1896 | ? |
| 1896 - 1897 | ? |
| 1897 - 1898 | ? |
| 1898 - 1899 | Jean Verwer |
| 1899 - 1900 | ? |
| 1900 - 1901 | ? |
| 1901 - 1902 | ? |
| 1902 - 1903 | ? |
| 1903 - 1904 | ? |
| 1904 - 1905 | ? |
| 1905 - 1906 | Désiré Spronck |
| 1906 - 1907 | ? |
| 1907 - 1908 | ? |
| 1908 - 1909 | ? |
| 1909 - 1910 | ? |
| 1910 - 1911 | Henri-Jean Rutten |
| 1911 - 1912 | ? |
| 1912 - 1913 | ? |
| 1913 - 1914 | ? |
| 1914 - 1915 | Non-active |
| 1915 - 1916 | Non-active |
| 1916 - 1917 | Non-active |
| 1917 - 1918 | Non-active |
| 1918 - 1919 | Non-active |
| 1919 - 1920 | Jean-Pierre van de Voort |
| 1920 - 1921 | Jean-Pierre van de Voort |
| 1921 - 1922 | Jean-Pierre van de Voort |
| 1922 - 1923 | Non-active |
| 1923 - 1924 | Non-active |
| 1924 - 1925 | Non-active |
| 1925 - 1926 | Non-active |
| 1926 - 1927 | Non-active |
| 1927 - 1928 | Non-active |
| 1928 - 1929 | Non-active |
| 1929 - 1930 | Non-active |
| 1930 - 1931 | Armand Kruyen |
| 1931 - 1932 | Michel van Baren van Breedam |
| 1932 - 1933 | Paul Waes
Leopold Hoffmann |
| 1933 - 1934 | Jan Snijders |
| 1934 - 1935 | Arno Duyzings
Leon van Hommerich v/o Thor |
| 1935 - 1936 | Leon van Hommerich v/o Thor |
| 1936 - 1937 | Jan Dormans |
| 1937 - 1938 | Jan Dormans |
| 1938 - 1939 | Non-active |
| 1939 - 1940 | Non-active |
| 1940 - 1941 | Non-active |
| 1941 - 1942 | Non-active |
| 1942 - 1943 | Karel Schiphorst |
| 1943 - 1944 | Albert Borst |
| 1944 - 1945 | Leopold Knops |
| 1945 - 1946 | Jacques Ex (Resigned in November.)
Lou Asperlag |
| 1946 - 1947 | Joop Borsten |
| 1947 - 1948 | Antoine Vossen |
| 1948 - 1949 | Jacques Brouwers |
| 1949 - 1950 | Wim Renders |
| 1950 - 1951 | G.M.M. Kampschoër |
| 1951 - 1952 | P.F.G.M. van Bilsen |
| 1952 - 1953 | Christian Dor |
| 1953 - 1954 | Marc Nevejan
Jean Tubbax |
| 1954 - 1955 | Christian Dor |
| 1955 - 1956 | Antoon Godfroy |
| 1956 - 1957 | Louis de Haes |
| 1957 - 1958 | Theo Fluit |
| 1958 - 1959 | Thomas Kasteel |
| 1959 - 1960 | Theo Fluit
Reyer Vander Burg |
| 1960 - 1961 | Reyer Vander Burg |
| 1961 - 1962 | Godfried van den Heuvel |
| 1962 - 1963 | Jan van Lith |
| 1963 - 1964 | Henk Wijffels |
| 1964 - 1965 | Karel Beckers |
| 1965 - 1966 | G. Steenland |
| 1966 - 1967 | Albert Kolsteeg |
| 1967 - 1968 | F. Stevens |
| 1968 - 1969 | Paul Loewenthal |
| 1969 - 1970 | Ton van den Hout |
| 1970 - 1971 | Kees van den Heuvel |
| 1971 - 1972 | Willem Snieders |
| 1972 - 1973 | Geerte Athmer (No praeses, but a core group led by Geerteke Athmer.) |
| 1973 - 1974 | P. Kemps |
| 1974 - 1975 | G. Vliegen
Geerte Athmer (No praeses, but a core group led by Geerteke Athmer.) |
| 1975 - 1976 | Geerte Athmer (No praeses, but a core group led by Geerteke Athmer.) |
| 1976 - 1977 | Harry Spoelstra v/o Spoelbak |
| 1977 - 1978 | Harry Spoelstra v/o Spoelbak |
| 1978 - 1979 | Jacques de Milliano |
| 1979 - 1980 | Salco Herschenberg |
| 1980 - 1981 | Salco Herschenberg
Henk ten Berg |
| 1981 - 1982 | Hessel de Jong |
| 1982 - 1983 | Ernest Luyten |
| 1983 - 1984 | Erik Eijrond |
| 1984 - 1985 | Bert Houben |
| 1985 - 1986 | Mirjam van Loon v/o Pootje |
| 1986 - 1987 | Bert Strikkers |
| 1987 - 1988 | Martijn van Ewijk |
| 1988 - 1989 | Wouter Lansink v/o Ego |
| 1989 - 1990 | Sven van Helden v/o Hagar |
| 1990 - 1991 | Ruud Teeuwen v/o Decibel |
| 1991 - 1992 | Tom Drixler v/o Diepgang |
| 1992 - 1993 | Tjeerd Stevens v/o Keutel |
| 1993 - 1994 | Thijs Sprangers v/o Schedel |
| 1994 - 1995 | Rob Demandt v/o Muh |
| 1995 - 1996 | Hans Gelok v/o Kojak |
| 1996 - 1997 | Nico Mollet v/o Sly |
| 1997 - 1998 | Joost Colaris v/o Arie |
| 1998 - 1999 | Bob Meijboom v/o Die Nase |
| 1999 - 2000 | Ulas Biter v/o Bulk |
| 2000 - 2001 | Peter van den Boezem v/o Adidas |
| 2001 - 2002 | Melle Rothe |
| 2002 - 2003 | Guido Heijsters v/o Bonbon |
| 2003 - 2004 | Martijn Pakker v/o Slipje |
| 2004 - 2005 | Constantijn Schellekens |
| 2005 - 2006 | Thijs Holla |
| 2006 - 2007 | Peter Muller |
| 2007 - 2008 | Herman Diederiks |
| 2008 - 2009 | Wieke Holtkamp v/o Dolphin (Vice-president NN. represented Hollandia at the SK.) |
| 2009 - 2010 | Jeroen Van Rijssel v/o Tondeux |
| 2010 - 2011 | Zeno Van De Ven v/o Zwarte Wesley |
| 2011 - 2012 | Melvin van Steen v/o Sumo |
| 2012 - 2013 | Boudewijn Heggen v/o Willy Wartaal |
| 2013 - 2014 | Dirk-Jan Visser v/o Kalf |
| 2014 - 2015 | Roderik Schobben v/o Probleem |
| 2015 - 2016 | Rob van der Horst v/o Urinazi |
| 2016 - 2017 | Klaas Verhulsdonck v/o Tromboner (Resigned after the first semester.)
Martijn Steinweg v/o Oetlul |
| 2017 - 2018 | Etienne Van de Kar v/o Sinister |
| 2018 - 2019 | Ike Lahaut v/o Icarus (Resigned after the first semester.)
Frédérique van de Water v/o Veulen |
| 2019 - 2020 | Jesse Verhagen v/o Braakhekke |
| 2020 - 2021 | Abel Verschuur v/o Wally |
| 2021 - 2022 | Lisa Ankersmit v/o Tokkie (Vice-president Niels Vissr v/o Bakkes represented Hollandia at the SK.) |
| 2022 - 2023 | Lakenya Welten v/o Swieber |
Sources
- Huys, Jan & Stefan Van de Weyer, De studentikoze erfenis van Rodenbach, Acco Drukkerij, Belgium, Leuven, 2006.
- KVHV Leuven, Studentencodex, Belgium, Leuven, 1959.
