Johan Borups Højskole

Johan Borups Højskole (literally Borup's Folk High School) is a folk high school situated at Frederiksholms Kanal 24 in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

Johan Borups Højskole
Location
Copenhagen

Denmark
Coordinates55.673798°N 12.577517°E / 55.673798; 12.577517
Information
TypeFolk high school
Founded1891
Director?
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The school was founded by Johan Borup in 1891.[1] His maternal uncle, Ernst Trier, was the founder of Vallekilde Højskole on the Odsherred peninsula. The school obtained supplementary government funding from 1894. It moved to larger premises in the Ny Rosenborg building at Harmers Plads in 1895. Om 1916 the school's premises had once again become too small. Jens Mortensen, a farmer from kvandløse, started a national collection to raise money for a new building for the school. In 1927, it was able to purchase the mansion at Frederiksholms Kanal.[1][2]

Architecture

The building is a seven-bay extension from 1748 of the slightly older mansion. The facade is decorated with pilasters, but in red brick instead of sandstone, and the cornice is omitted.[3]

The school also has an assembly hall designed by Henning Hansen. It features a frieze by Einar Utzon-Frank.

gollark: It's not actually that bad.
gollark: As far as I know you can do free inter-bank transfers here, although I'm sure that has awful security problems too.
gollark: Who *designed* that? Why did people agree to it?
gollark: For one thing, to make internet payments you give companies details which let them charge you arbitrary amounts of money.
gollark: Credit cards seem to be a very bad system on many levels.

References
  1. "Johan Borup" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Wedells Palæ". Gyldendal. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
  3. "Palatial Mansions in Copenhagen". Astoft. Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
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