About

“Where you step your foot, seeds of the dreams you are driven towards are sprinkled.”

– Jens Sejer Andersen

Get a tour of the school before you decide

Get a feel for what the atmosphere is like at the school, which students live at the school and if you want, you are also welcome to eat lunch with us.
Simply call the office at +45 64 44 24 14.

A Folk High school with a focus on sustainability

Brenderup Højskole belongs in the circle of newer Folk High schools. It was founded in 1986 as the Nordic Folk High school for Peace in Brenderup Gl. Guest farm. Back then, it was peace education that was particularly in focus. It was a time when popular peace demonstrations were the spearhead in the fight for a peaceful world, and the Folk High school was then in the front line.

Today, the time is different

Without forgetting our roots, we work from a conviction that modern peace work is primarily between people. Communities across cultures, nationalities and sustainable values are in focus at Brenderup Højskole. At Brenderup Højskole, we therefore have a long tradition of inviting students from all over the world. In the meeting between Danish and foreign students.

Brenderup Højskole acts as a general Grundtvig Folk High school, which places a high value on sustainable commitment, through the many aspects of life.

Our identity

Brenderup Højskole’s logo represents the dandelion. The core of the flower describes the students’ togetherness at the school. The circle is uneven, and shows the diversity and diversity. Over time, we see people at the school developing through their stay, therefore symbolizing the arms with the seed, the students’ journey from young flower to seeds that is ready to fly to new destinations in the world.

Life at Brenderup

Brenderup Højskole is a place where there is room for curiosity, wonder and reflection. It is a Danish Folk High school where everyone can participate, regardless of educational background, to learn more about life and themselves, through and together with others.

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Global goals and sustainability strategy

We use the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as inspiration in our daily life and teaching, and we organise theme days and project weeks focusing on sustainability.

Many of the goals have long been an integrated part of everyday life at Brenderup Folk High School, and many were already in place even before they were formulated as international objectives.

We aim to be 100% sustainable.

We participate in the Erasmus+ project ”Teaching Organic Literacy in Grundtvigian style”

We are co-coordinators and participate directly with students in DRC Dansk Flygtningehjælp national collection.

We have a bronze medal in organic food, and eat vegetarian.

We work to strengthen personal development through professional immersion and broad general education in a vibrant community.
We participate in the Erasmus+ project ”Teaching Organic Literacy in Grundtvigian style”

We only use environmentally approved agents in our cleaning.

We teach rainwater abstraction and groundwater saving lifestyles

We heat the school with a CO2 neutral pellet stove and have installed solar panels.

In our offgrid house you can experience an everyday life 100% independent of fossil fuels.

We work to provide an understanding of the importance of the individual’s commitment to society’s political and ecological development.

We are building a bridge between the local community and the new, sustainable district in Brenderup.

We teach sustainable construction.
We teach design based on recycling.
We have a Free-shop with clothes, shoes and books.
We sort all our waste.

We teach students from many different countries about sustainable initiatives and opportunities.

We heat the school with a CO2 neutral pellet stove and have installed solar panels.

We are active in plogging (“pluck up + jogging”) to prevent plastic from reaching the sea.

We teach organic gardening, permaculture and slow food.

We work to provide an understanding of the importance of the individual’s commitment to society’s political and ecological development.

We have students from many different countries and cultures. We teach cultural understanding.

We collaborate with DFUNK (Danish Refugee Council Youth), Grobund Brenderup, Brenderup Sermathang Friendship Association and AFS Interkultur.
We are part of the Folk High Schools’ Sustainability Network.

The sustainability in our meals

We serve green and varied food, and constantly work to use as many sustainable and organic ingredients as possible. We serve vegetarian dishes as the main meal four times a week. On the days when fish or meat is served, there is always a vegetarian option available.

The food

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