Folk high school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal
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The concept originally came from the Danish writer, poet, philosopher and pastor N. F. S. Grundtvig
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Folk high schools in Germany and Sweden are in fact much closer to the institutions known as folkeuniversitet or folkuniversitet in Norway and Denmark which provide adult education. However, unlike the folkuniversitet, folk high schools in Sweden are not connected to a regular university.
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