Limfjordsskolen is a

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for 16 to 19 years old men and women with

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and other difficulties. It is situated in the town of

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, Denmark. The school was founded in 1969 by the Danish state. 42 pupils stay at the school for a normally three year special education in specific subjects (arts, nature, health, waterlife, theatre) combined with a general curriculum (environment, culture, society et al.). Beside the boarding school Limfjordsskolen offers adult persons with learning disabilities courses in art and drama in a separate department, Kunst og Teaterværksstedet (The Art- and Theatre workshop) formerly called Daghøjskolen ved Limfjordsskolen. Daghøjskolen has made several performances abroad (UK, Germany, Belgium, Spain,

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, Japan, United States, France, Norway, ) with a very original kind of masked

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s. The school’s budget – app. 3 mio. EUR (2009) - is entirely publicly funded.

External links

Limfjordsskolens websiteKTVs website
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