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en folkehøjskole

/ˈfʌlɡəˌhʌjˀsɡoːlə/

folk high school

Hun tog på folkehøjskole efter gymnasiet.

She went to a folk high school after upper secondary.

A uniquely Nordic boarding school for learning without exams.
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