Cristen Mikkelsen Kold

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name = Cristen Mikkelsen Kold

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birth_date = March 29, 1816
birth_place = Thisted, Jutland, Denmark
death_date = April 6, 1870
death_place = Dalem
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other_names = Kristen Mikkelsen Kold
known_for = Creation of the Danish folk high-school system
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parents = Father Mikkel Christensen Kold, a shoemaker
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nationality = Denmark

Cristen Mikkelsen Kold (sometimes spelled Kristen; March 29, 1816 — April 6, 1870) was a Danish teacher, notable for creating the Danish high-school system.

Kold was born in Thisted, Jutland.

Unsatisfied with the education system of Denmark at the time, he founded a school in Ryslinge in 1851, which later became a model for the folk high-school system. His work has to be seen in cotext with that of N. F. S. Grundtvig.

Kold died in Dalem.

External links

* [http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/archive/publications/ThinkersPdf/kolde.pdf UNESCO biography]

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NAME=Kold, Cristen Mikkelsen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Kristen Mikkelsen Kold
SHORT DESCRIPTION=educator
DATE OF BIRTH=March 29, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH=Thisted, Jutland, Denmark
DATE OF DEATH=April 6, 1870
PLACE OF DEATH=Dalem