Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783-1872) is one of the most significant figures in Danish history.
He was a prolific writer and his writing around Nordic and Anglo-Saxon literature helped fashion a sense of what it was to be Danish during the second half of the nineteenth century. His contribution to Lutheran theology stimulated considerable debate, and his hymn-writing left a legacy. In education he advocated popular, autonomous places of learning - what became known as folk high schools.
