"Hygge" (a unique Danish word) is defined in Xenophobe's guide to the DANES as "the art of creating intimacy: a sense of comradeship, conviviality, and contentment rolled into one."
Experience "hygge" at the Danebod Folk Meeting.
Our days begin with singing and meaningful reflections.
The seven lectures are woven into the day together with singing, coffee times and meals, discussions and storytelling, experiential learning and socializing..
Each year as people depart the campus, they remark they have just attended the "best" meeting ever.
In 2020 and 2021 the meeting was held in a virtual Zoom format.
~ 2005 Former US Astronaut, Ed Gibson
~2008 Former MN Associate Justice of MN Supreme Court, Paul Anderson
~2016 Regional Outreach Director for the Federal Reserve, Ron Wirtz
~2018 Former Minneapolis Police Chief, Medaria Arradondo
~2021 Climatologist. Mark Seeley
~2022 Reinventions of Airport Amenities, Jens Vange
-2023 World of Cyber Security, Dr. Ashley Podhradsky
-2024 The Problem with War Today , Dr. Timothy Schorn
-2025 Operation and reliability of the Electrical Grid, John Goodfellow
-2026 Meeting the Composer Face to Face: Beethoven, Schubert, & Rachmaninov, Dr. Daniel Rieppel
~Danish Paper Cutting
~Writing Poetry
~Danish Pastry
~Folk Dancing
~Introduction to Chess
~Drawing
-Hiking
-Preparing Smørrebrød
-Wood Carving