Vrå Højskole

Vrå Folk High School is an original Danish Folk High School – a free boarding academy. You move into the school, while you attend it. You don’t receive grades, and don’t attend exams. But it is compulsory to attend all lessons. Learning is based on the pleasure of mastering and knowing something - not on the fear of sanctions. Many people use Vrå Folk High School to: - Enter their dream education - Repeat school subjects - To start a new lane in life if you have become stuck in everyday Vrå Folk High School have more than 20 subjects e.g: Photo, Media, Design, Art, Music, Fashion, Ceramics. Literature. Each student decide if he/she wants to delve into a field as e.g. Art – or if he/she wants a more diverse schedule, which spreads over different subject fields. You are able to assemble your own schedule. None of our subjects require special skills. This means that you don’t need to be able to play the guitar or piano in order to choose “music” or unterstand notes in order to choose “electronic music.” You also don’t need sewing skills in order to choose fashion or know everything about taking pictures in order to choose “Photo.” Nationalities from all over the world join Vrå Folk High School History: Vrå Folk High School went under the name Stenum Folk High School in the beginning. The whole adventure began here in 1872, where Kirstine and Jørgen Terkelsen built the first grundtvigical Folk High School in Vendsyssel. In 1912 the school moved to Vrå. The current principal couple, Pia Schnoor Ottzen and Søren Ottzen, began in 2007. They have implemented lessons in Photography, arts and music and have reinstated Fashion & Design as a stream subject. A rang of new subjects such as Media and Electronic Music have been added but is in line with the creative image, the School carries. Like a Mirror of the world has Danish as a second language become a part of what the school has to offer. The Folk High School today is an international school with Danish roots.