ESN denmark
written by
Piero “The Viking” Gentilini
»» Date of first section established in the country: 1990, ESN Copenhagen »» Date of inclusion in ESN International: November 1990 »» Creation of National Board: 2013 »» Number of sections 2015: 5
The country of Denmark has a special place in the history of ESN as well as in our hearts. Upon the former, Copenhagen hosted the first AGM in February 1990. Upon the latter, Denmark became beloved due to its mighty Vikings. Right from the beginning, the nation’s capital Copenhagen and Aarhus became the first two Danish ESN sections; however, Aarhus had already been active before granted an official ESN section. Their section members participated in the first AGM, which was held in Copenhagen in 1990. Initially naming themselves ISC (International Student Club) they later changed into ESN Aarhus.
ESN sections and gained some others. 2013 was a very important year for ESN Denmark. Sections were cooperating more than before. In the same year, ESN Denmark was invited to present ESN at the official launch of Erasmus+ in Copenhagen. 2014 has been a very fluctuating year for ESN Denmark. The National board signed its first national contract with a mobile provider. The first national platform held in March in Copenhagen was
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Shortly afterwards a third section, Odense, joined in 1991. In the mid-nineties there had been a forth section in Esbjerg for a short period of time. Information about its dissolution couldn’t be found in ESN archives. In 1999, the AGM returned to Denmark; this time in Aarhus. This AGM, ESN’s 10th, was at that time the biggest as number to participants. Later that same year, a new section was established at Aalborg University, bringing the number of sections to four. During some years in the 2000’s, there
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In November we had our second national platform in Aarhus. This was the biggest as number of participants. At this NP we elected a new president, since our previous president resigned in August. During 2014 the national board worked hard to sign a national contract with a travel agency, unfortunately it turned out to be not successful.
2014 was a turning point for ESN Denmark. We manage to elect various non-board positions to help the workload of the board in many fields. ESN Denmark currently has: Education officer, Eduk8 national coordinator, IT&Webmaster coordinator, SocialErasmus coordinator, ESN Sea Battle National coordinator and ExchangeAbility national coordinator. Currently, ESN Denmark has five violent Viking sections in Denmark: ESN Aarhus, ESN Copenhagen, ESN DTU, ESN Haderslev and ESN Odense. ESN Denmark works towards expanding its network, since we have recognized interest of further universities in cooperating with us.
was a section in Roskilde. Unfortunately, the reasons of its dissolution are not clear and cannot be traced. The first Northern European Platform (NEP) was organized in Aarhus in 1997. In 2004 and 2011 it was then held in Odense. On our way to conquer the world, ESN Denmark lost some
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After some years of ups and downs, we can finally say that ESN Denmark is back in the game and working hard to become one of the top players in the Northern Region. After all Danish section members are the only real Vikings in the network. You better watch out, You better start crying, You better stay put, I am telling you why: Vikings are coming in the network!