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  Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grundtvig was publicly prosecuted and fined, and for seven years he was forbidden to preach, years which he spent in publishing a collection of his theological works, in paying two visits to England, and in studying Anglo-Saxon.
Grundtvigs theological development is long and takes a number of important turns throughout his life from the initial "Christian Awakening" of 1810 to the congregational and sacramental christianity of his later years.
Grundtvig holds a unique position in the cultural history of his country; he has been styled the Danish Carlyle and he might also be compared to Emerson.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicolai_Grundtvig   (1502 words)

  
 N.F.S. Grundtvig
Grundtvig believed that all humans are born into a particular cultural and historical context, through which their own personal drama of enlightenment must be played out.
Grundtvig was born on September 8th, in a village 50 miles South of Copenhagen, the son of a clergyman.
Grundtvig was elected to the constituent assembly and sat thereafter as a member of the Folketing, the second chamber of Parliament.
www.nl.edu /academics/cas/ace/resources/nfsgrundtvig.cfm   (1738 words)

  
 Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig - LoveToKnow 1911
NIKOLAI FREDERIK SEVERIN GRUNDTVIG (1783-1872), Danish poet, statesman and divine, was born at the parsonage of Udby in Zealand on the 8th of September 1783.
In 1791 he was sent to live at the house of a priest in Jutland, and studied at the free school of Aarhuus until he went up to the university of Copenhagen in 1800.
Grundtvig was publicly prosecuted and fined, and for seven years he was forbidden to preach, years which he spent in publishing a collection of his theological works, in paying two visits to England, and in studying AngloSaxon.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Nikolai_Frederik_Severin_Grundtvig   (750 words)

  
 N.F.S. Grundtvig - Embassy of Denmark Washington
The Danish in Grundtvig was not a manifestation of provincialism or isolationism.
Grundtvig was glad to have obtained a living where he could preach the Christian gospel, but he missed the capital city's libraries, which enabled him to continue his literary and historical work, and when his mother died he applied for a living in Copenhagen.
Grundtvig therefore wanted the obligatory association with the local minister to be dissolved, so that anyone could associate with the minister of the Danish Church whom he or she preferred, and it should be possible to form free congregations inside the Church.
www.ambwashington.um.dk /en/menu/InformationaboutDenmark/Culture/Literature/N.F.S.Grundtvig.htm   (13078 words)

  
 Socrates - Grundtvig
Grundtvig is the action within the Socrates Programme which is aimed at enhancing the European dimension of adult education and lifelong learning.
The aim of Grundtvig Networks is to strengthen the links between the various actors involved in adult learning, to enable them to experience, in order to co-operate on a more stable basis and to enhance their awareness of the European dimension of Education.
The structure of the activities are very similar to those of the Grundtvig 1 projects but compared to the transnational co-operation projects, which are product-oriented, the learning partnerships focus more on process, and aim to broaden the participation of smaller organisations that want to include European co-operation in their education activities.
home.um.edu.mt /socrates/grundtvig.html   (2999 words)

  
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Grundtvig was especially concerned with the development of a school that would give dignity to the life of the small farmer who made up a significant segment of Denmark’s population in the nineteenth century.
Grundtvig favored the moves toward parliamentary democracy, but worried that a war of "egoistic pressure groups" would replace the monarchy rather than any conception of the common good.
Grundtvig believed that only through the establishment of the residential folkehøjskoler would the future generations be able to acquire the foundations for enlightenment and a peaceable, just society.
www.peopleseducation.org /folked.htm   (972 words)

  
 Grundtvig programme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Grundtvig programme, which is part of the wider Socrates programme aims to promote the European dimension of adult education and to ensure that all European citizens have continued access to learning opportunities throughout their lives.
Grundtvig 1: These are co-operation projects undertaken by adult education institutions and organisations that have an element of European co-operation, e.g., the development of systems for accrediting or validating skills acquired via the informal system of education.
Applications for Grundtvig 1 and Grundtvig 4 must be made directly to the European Commission with a deadline for pre-proposals on 1 November in each year and full project proposals on 1 March in each year for projects to begin on or after 1 September of the same year.
www.oasis.gov.ie /education/european_education_programmes/grundtvig.html   (703 words)

  
 EAEA - Grundtvig Award
This was called the Grundtvig Award in Adult Education, after NFS Grundtvig, the Danish educator who has been centrally influential in the development of adult education, and non-formal adult education in particular, in Europe and the worldwide.
Grundtvig laid the ground work for the development of centres of learning, in all kinds of contexts, from residential educational institutions to money and agricultural co-operatives.
Grundtvig´s emphasis on the intrinsic value of learning, as a foundation to living useful and enjoyable lives is central to the adult education that EAEA are promoting, with its focus on basic skills, valuing learning and active citizenship.
www.eaea.org /grundtvig   (386 words)

  
 EUROPA - Education and Training - What is Grundtvig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Grundtvig is the name given to Action 3 of the European Union's programme in the field of education, Socrates.
Through Grundtvig, the European Commission provides funding to promote exchanges of experiences and the development of a European dimension in all sectors of adult education.
Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783-1872), a Danish clergyman and writer, is regarded as the founder of the Nordic tradition of "learning for life".
ec.europa.eu /education/programmes/socrates/grundtvig/index_en.html   (292 words)

  
 Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig
Nikolai F. Grundtvig, known as the "Poet of Whitsuntide," was born September 8, 1783 in Udby, Denmark.
Because of this controversy, Grundtvig was not ordained until 1811, but he continued to assist his father until his father's death in in 1813.
Grundtvig's strongest hymns dealt with the Church and the Sacraments.
www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com /Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/nikolai_frederik_severin_grundtv.htm   (996 words)

  
 Grundtvig - British Council - Socrates
Grundtvig 1 supports European Co-operation Projects, partnerships of organisations that develop teaching and training materials and approaches in adult education, awareness raising activities and methods for assessing and recognising adult learning.
Grundtvig 3 provides training grants for staff involved in adult education to undertake training courses and activities abroad.
Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783-1872) was a Danish clergyman and writer and is regarded as the founder of the Nordic tradition of lifelong learning.
www.britishcouncil.org /socrates-grundtvig.htm   (307 words)

  
 Grundtvig overview
Grundtvig seeks to improve the quality and European dimension of adult education in the broadest sense, and to help make lifelong learning opportunities more widely available to Europe’s citizens.
Grundtvig is open to any organisation working in the field of adult learning within the formal (schools, universities, adult education establishments) or the non-formal (associations, libraries, museums, parents’ organisations) sector or providing informal education.
The Grundtvig Learning Partnership is a framework for small-scale cooperation activities between organisations from at least three participating countries including at least 1 EU Member State, working in the field of adult education, with an aim to broaden the participation of smaller organisations that want to include European cooperation in their education activities.
eacea.cec.eu.int /static/en/overview/grundtvig_overview.htm   (613 words)

  
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Nikolaj Frederik Serverin Grundtvig a Danish Minister, Educator, theologian, poet, philosopher, historian, hymnwriter and social critic; was born on the 8th of September 1783 in a small village called Udby, near Vordinborg on the island of Zealand in Denmark.
Grundtvig envisaged a 'Nordic freedom' where 'one who wishes to be free must let his neighbour to be free too'.This freedom avoids the extremes of subjection and licentiousness.
Grundtvig is of opinion that only through 'living interaction' one has the advantage of grasping and describing the specific educational relationship existing between the two partners the teacher and the Learner, in such a process.
www.dihrs.dk /artEn1.htm   (2384 words)

  
 Testrup Højskole | Who is Grundtvig?
Grundtvig was a contemporary of two other eminent Danes - Hans Christian Andersen and Soeren Kierkegaard - both far better known in the world at large than he is. Yet from a Danish viewpoint there is little doubt that it was Grundtvig who left the most indelible mark on Danish culture.
What did surprise Grundtvig, however, was the similar respect clearly shown by the teaching staff for their students.
It was during Grundtvig's second visit to England in 1830 that an incident occurred that was to be of crucial significance.
www.testrup.dk /index.php?id=73,0,0,1,0,0   (928 words)

  
 Nikolai F.S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
After reluctantly becoming a pastor, Grundtvig spent his life waging a struggle against a Rationalist theology that threatened to deprive the Church of its spiritual vitality.
As Grundtvig pictured it, the Creed was given directly by Jesus to the apostles, as the "living" word of God.
In spite of his ongoing conflicts with the authorities of the Church of Denmark, Grundtvig was elected several times to the Danish parliament, and on the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination was honored by all of Denmark.
www.angelfire.com /ok2/ourlords/september/september02.html   (481 words)

  
 SASNET: Grundtvig Institute
The Grundtvig Institute at Göteborg University was established in 1997 after an appeal for more collaboration and dialogue with the university from the folk high schools in the region.
The Danish priest, poet and writer N F S Grundtvig (1783-1872) – portrait to the left – is considered to be a pioneer within the field of adult education, and with a connection to Göteborg.
The Grundtvig Institute is also engaged in a cooperation with Ljungskile Folk High School that every year during the period August–December runs a ”World course on Justice, Peace and Environment”, including a three weeks tour to north India.
www.sasnet.lu.se /grundtvig.html   (429 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: N.F.S. Grundtvig: An Introduction to His Life and Work: Books: Nicholas Lossky,A.M. Allchin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The book begins with an overview of Grundtvig's long and varied life, concentrating on the critical moments of his spiritual development that led him to a theology of inner unity and greater confidence.
At its centre is Grundtvig's belief in a "cheerful, simple, active life on Earth", and the application of Christian tenets to everyday life, social and political as well as personal.
By echoing Danish legends, proverbs and myths, Grundtvig coloured his faith to touch the heart, the will and the imagination of his countrymen.
www.amazon.co.uk /N-F-S-Grundtvig-Introduction-Life-Work/dp/8772886560   (368 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Grundtvig,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Grundtvig, Nikolai Frederik Severin GRUNDTVIG, NIKOLAI FREDERIK SEVERIN [Grundtvig, Nikolai Frederik Severin], 1783-1872, Danish educator, minister, and writer, founder of the Danish folk high school.
As teacher and director of Soro Academy, Ingemann adopted the folk high school principles of N. Grundtvig.
The idea as originally conceived by Bishop Nikolai Grundtvig was to stimulate the intellectual life of young adults (generally from 18 to 25 years of
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Grundtvig,   (404 words)

  
 Read Write Plus, DfES, Grundtvig2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Grundtvig action addresses a great variety of educational providers, but the final beneficiaries are adults who, at whatever stage of their lives, wish to learn in order to:
It is, however, important that on the basis of a division of tasks jointly agreed by the partners, all the participating institutions contribute actively in the shaping, implementation and evaluation of the project, as well as in ensuring the dissemination of results.
Grundtvig 4 (networks): Based on previous experience, grants are likely to vary from around 50,000 Euros to 150,000 Euros per annum.
www.dfes.gov.uk /readwriteplus/Grundtvig2   (1089 words)

  
 SOCRATES - GRUNDTVIG 2000-2006
Grundtvig is the new action within the Socrates programme which aims to enhance adult education provision by means of European co-operation.
Information about GRUNDTVIG (including a Grundtvig information sheet) can also be found on the British Council's website.
NIACE is working with the British Council and WEA to promote the Grundtvig programme in the UK, to encourage and support networking and the development of applications, and to disseminate results and outcomes.
www.niace.org.uk /funds/GRUNDTVIG/Default.htm   (568 words)

  
 Grundtvig Nikolai Frederik Severin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Grundtvig Nikolai Frederik Severin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Grundtvig, Nikolai Frederik Severin (1783-1872), Danish bishop, writer, theologian, and pedagogue, who had a profound and lasting impact on both...
In the mid-19th century, the first programme of adult education was originated in Denmark at the high school in Rødding, Jutland.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Grundtvig_Nikolai_Frederik_Severin.html   (105 words)

  
 Grundtvig National Agencies
Grundtvig 3 training grants are available to anyone involved in the delivery of adult education: teachers, trainers, managers, counsellors, mentors and union learning representatives. Further information about this opportunity and eligibility are available from the British Council's Grundtvig information page.
Some teachers who are not eligible for a Grundtvig 3 training grant may be able to obtain funding for this course through Comenius 2.2c funding.
If you are a teacher in a primary, secondary or vocational school and can demonstrate that this course if relevant to your needs, you should apply to your National Agency which deals with Comenius 2.2c grants.
www.anglolang.com /grundtvig.html   (173 words)

  
 Grundtvig-Studier 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Grundtvig Studies · The centre · Grundtvig Society · Grundtvig-Studier · Grundtvig-Studier 2005
At the same time, they have taken contemporary debate as a guide in directing focus upon aspects of current concern in society, among them democracy and social justice, national identity and international partnership and ideas on education and enlightenment.
The journal is sent to all members of the Grundtvig Society.
www.teo.au.dk /en/cgs/unit/partners/grundtvigsociety/annualjournal/gr-st2005-uk   (366 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Grundtvig in International Perspective: Studies in the Creativity of Interaction: Books: A. M. Allchin,S. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Apart from the impact of his educational ideas on some parts of the Southern hemisphere, most notably India, Grundtvig's viewpoint on human nature and human society, on the relationship between national and international community, on the inner dynamic which sustains and drives forward the Christian tradition remains remarkably little known outside his own country.
Grundtvig's thought is being more widely studied and discussed in an international perspective.
It suggests that in N.F.S Grundtvig we have a 19th-century thinker with unexpected relevance to the dilemmas of the new century.
www.amazon.com /Grundtvig-International-Perspective-Creativity-Interaction/dp/8772888350   (530 words)

  
 Guide til dansk guldalder - Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Grundtvig’s view of Christianity was also more optimistic than that of earlier times: His congregation was to be confirmed in the hope of resurrection, not be filled with the idea of sin.
However, Grundtvig’s life and work were far from being as harmonious as is the impression given by some of his hymns and poems.
Grundtvig got on better with his fellow poet B.S. Ingemann, but they disagreed on the interpretation of the dogma of the resurrection of the body, the physical character of which Grundtvig maintained and Ingemann rejected.
www.guldalder.dk /show.asp?id=90   (344 words)

  
 About Grundtvig
The Grundtvig Action seeks to improve the quality and European dimension of adult education in the broadest sense, and to make lifelong learning opportunities more widely available to Europe's citizens.
Become part of a European Grundtvig 4 Network which brings together the major players with a view to significantly enhancing policy and practice at national, regional or local level.
Depending on which Grundtvig action you are interested in each page will provide application forms and guidelines around applying.
www.leargas.ie /education/grundtvig/index.html   (241 words)

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