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6 april 1870 dalum thisted , jutland , denmark kristen mikkelsen kold denmark father mikkel christensen kold , a shoemaker 29 march 1816 creation of the danish folk high school system kold christen.jpg christen mikkelsen kold
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christen mikkelsen kold

christen mikkelsen kold -lrb- sometimes spelled kristen or cristen ; 29 march 1816 -- 6 april 1870 -rrb- 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 context with that of n. f. s. grundtvig .
kold died in dalum , fyn -lrb- not to be confused with dalum , sweden -rrb- .
