The Danish name for a Folk High School is 'folkehøjskole' which has nothing to do with High Schools. It’s a boarding school, mainly for young adults. This means that you live on the school together with 75-80 other young people and share an educational experience that you will remember for the rest of your life.
For a Dane, Folk High Schools signifies both a historical movement and a modern educational institution for life-long education and learning. The Folk High School enlightens people and trains for democracy, and it probably signifies the single most original contribution, Denmark has made to international thinking about education.
Everybody can attend at the commencement of the course, and students may come from all parts of the world.
