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Lidingö Folkhögskola Summer Academy 2011 read more>>

The folkhögskola is an educational institution unique to Scandinavia. Its roots are in Denmark where the folkhögskola was developed to offer general education as an alternative to the stringent university system.

The folkhögskola today is owned by either county governments, churches or popular movements such as trade unions, temperance and athletic organizations.

The folkhögskola has great freedom in developing its course offerings and assimilating new methods and techniques in instruction. At a folkhögskola students and teachers can work together in developing new ideas and courses.

The folk high-school is the most established adult education system in Scandinavia. In Sweden it gives courses from high school level to university level.

The educational process of a folkhögskola differs in many respects from a university or college. Many students live at the school in dormitories, and various activities are offered in the evenings. The folkhögskola students spend much more time in the classroom, usually 30 hours per week, but have less homework and outside reading than at a university. The student is expected to participate actively in the courses, both by cooperating with the teacher in the planning and schedule of the course and by attending all classes.

The Swedish word "Folkhögskola" could be translated "community college", but literally it means "folk high school". "High school" (högskola) in Swedish always refers to adult education, university or less formal. The "folkhögskola" has now proved to be a useful model in the development of "People's Universities" in certain Third World countries.

Lidingö folkhögskola is run by the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. It is supported financially by state. It is specialized in the fields of leader training and deaconry.

Lidingö folkhögskola offers following courses:

• A three years general course that qualifies for admission to the Swedish University system.
• A two years youth secretary education in cooperation with the YMCA/YWCA in Sweden and the Swedish Baptist Union.
• A three years course for deacons.
• Ars Vivendi - a workshop for life, in which we endeavor to consider and discuss vital
  questions of life and religion shaping them with four different aesthetic means (Drama, Picture, Painting and Writing & Telling
• A six months course in third world studies, which also is a base for further studies in missionary and assistant work.
• There are also many courses and seminars from one day to two, three weeks during a year.

THE MISSION COVENANT CHURCH OF SWEDEN
The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden has its roots in the religious revival of last century in Sweden. It is, together with its youth movement, one of the largest free church (i.e. not established) in Sweden. MDDS has a confessional heritage coming from the Lutheran tradition of the official Lutheran State church in Sweden but also from the Reformed tradition. Since l948 it is member of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.  It is also a member church in World Council of Churches.

ADRESSES
Lidingö folkhögskola
Kottlavägen 116
S-181 41 LIDINGÖ
Sweden
Tel +46-(0)8-636 23 00
Fax +46-(0)8-636 23 06
e-Mail: info@lidingo.fhsk.se

Principal: Solveig Ininbergs
solvig.ininbergs@lhuc.se

Assistant principal Torbjörn Bådagård
torbjorn.badagard@ucl.se

The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
Office
Box 6302
S-113 81 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
www.missionskyrkan.se
Tel +46-(0)8-674 07 00
Fax +46-(0)8-674 07 93