Fælleseje
An ‘alternative’ education system that is also a business
The Teachers Group began as an alternative education system, so it’s no surprise that it runs literally hundreds of schools, colleges and educational institutes all over the world.
The schools are of various types and follow an education ‘programme’. But in the light of the Teachers Group’s huge offshore financial network, perhaps these schools and colleges serve a another purpose too.
read moreTimeline
1960s: Amdi Petersen founds radical commune in Odense, Denmark
1967-69: Petersen travels on hippie trail to India and twice around the world, conceives the idea of alternative school system
1969: First ‘Travelling Folk High School’ (DRH School) opens, Fanø Island, Denmark
1970: Inauguration of the ‘U Group’, precursor of the Teachers Group
1972: ‘Necessary Teachers Training College’ (DNS) opens, Tvind, Denmark
1977: Second hand clothes collections begin and UFF founded, Denmark. Inauguration of Fælleseje (‘Common Ownership Trust’).
read more‘Fælleseje’ earns millions from Tvind’s schools in Denmark
Ever since its inception in the 1970s, the Teachers Group has run a multimillion-dollar foundation in Denmark called Den Selvejende Institution Fælleseje (The Self-Governing Institution Communal Ownership) — for short: Fælleseje (pronounced like FAIL-us-eye).
read more