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Our Christmas at a Danish Folk High School
Erik and JonnaGEAR Plus, Konolfingen, 2014
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N.F.S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872Worldfamous – in Denmark
1831 1872
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Grundtvig ideas
• A human first, then a Christian• Freedom in school, in church, in politics• School for Life – not for exams• Spirit is the power or life force, it manifests
itself through spoken words, it works only in freedom and connects always with concrete human and social life.
• Sing hymns and songs in common!
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Ry Folkehøjskole (Jonna, 1965)
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Krogerup Højskole (Erik, 1965)
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Let’s sing! Singen wir, bitte!
Die Gedanken sind frei, wer kann sie erraten?Sie fliegen vorbei wie nächtliche Schatten.Kein Mensch kann sie wissen, kein Jäger erschießenes bleibet dabei: Die Gedanken sind frei!- A lecture in Folk High Schools begins with a song from the Folkehøjskolens Sangbog (here no. 805)
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Erik and Jonnas Christmas’esThrough all years
• With family, our parents (died years ago), then siblings, nephews, nieces and their children.
• Stress about correct level of gifts and about where to go and who to disappoint?
Now in 2013
• We want the peace and contemplation of Christmas
• And the wonderful texts and music in the church
• And not alone, with other people of the same mind
• Let’s go to ……….
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Løgumkloster Højskole ( & Church)
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One week, short course
• 72 grown ups, Jonna and Erik were the relatively young!
• Many came every year, or for other courses during the year
• From all Denmark, two from Norway and two (Danish-speaking) from Freiburg
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Morning• 07:45-08:15 Breakfast• 08:30-08:50 Morning song, teachers words
for the day and a prayer in the chapter house• 09:30-11:50 Lectures on Christmas stories, or
on Dickens, or Tolkien, or Christmas in the arts, or Christmas music through the centuries.
• 12:00-13:00 Lunch
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Morning sessionsChapter house
(song and one way talk)Lecture (talk and dialogue) in the
blue octagon
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Afternoons
Tours to Flensborg (Germany) Tønder (Laces)
• Walk in town (rain!)
Memorial for PoW 1914-1918 (the land was German until 1920)
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Evenings
• Dinners and friends• Films• Library
• Concerts in church
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Christmas Eve, small gifts for everyone
Much singing and dancing around the tree
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Results?
• We experienced active calmness, and anxiety melted away• We met very friendly and very
different people• We sang and sang and sang…• We shall do it again!
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Singen wir nochmal, bitte!
Und sperrt man mich ein im finsteren Kerker,das alles sind rein vergebliche Werke.Denn meine Gedanken zerreißen die Schrankenund Mauern entzwei, die Gedanken sind frei!