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Friends of Lejre Land of Legends
Are you also bitten by the Lejre Land of Legends? Fascinated by the past? Do you love nature?
See the day’s program here
Are you also fascinated by Lejre Land of Legends? Fascinated by the past? Do you love nature?
then the Friends of Lejre Land of Legends might be for you.
Since its establishment in 1987, the association Friends of Lejre Land of Legends has been the link between Lejre Land of Legends and everyone who is interested in the center.
As a member of the association, you support Lejre Land of Legends financially and get free admission throughout the season. You also get a 20% discount on selected items in the museum shop and discounts on tickets for your guests.
You also have the opportunity to take part in activities with other volunteers that support Lejre Land of Legends. The friends of the association are a diverse group of people with many different skills. What we have in common is that we all love Lejre Land of Legends and are interested in Danish history.
The work of the Friends is organized in guilds in the individual historical areas. In the guilds, we perform lighter practical tasks on monthly guild days in collaboration with the permanent staff of Lejre Land of Legends. You can read more about the different guilds below.
In addition to the general meeting in March, which is always spiced up with an interesting lecture, the Friends of Lejre Land of Legends hold an annual Friends’ Evening just for members of the Friends’ Association. We participate in the two annual effort days, where Lejre Land of Legends is prepared for the spring opening and the fall closure of the areas.
The Friends Association is managed by a board of directors. See the statutes here.
As a self-governing institution, Lejre Land of Legends is in great need of the Friends of the Museum’s support for the work and research into the way our ancestors lived, the active storytelling and nature experiences for both children and adults.
You can join the Friends of Lejre on this page or in the museum shop in Lejre Land of Legends. Membership of the association costs DKK 255 for adults and DKK 150 for children between 3 and 11 years.
AS A MEMBER OF FRIENDS OF LEJRE LAND OF LEGENDS YOU GET:
- Free admission to Land of Legends throughout the season
- dKK 10 discount on tickets for your guests (max 6 per visit)
- 20% discount on selected items in the Land of Legends store in Lejre
- 10% discount in Cafe Hvidesøhus
- Exciting lectures at the annual meeting in March
- Participation in action weekends (spring and fall) + dinner
- Invitation to Friends Night in August
- Offers of member events and excursions
- Newsletters and the member magazine flyveASK, which is published 5-6 times a year
If you have signed up for Friends of Lejres Land of Legends online, your membership is automatically renewed every year on March 1.
Please note that if the payment card used when you first signed up has been changed, the payment and thus the membership cannot be renewed automatically.
HAVE YOU GOT A NEW PAYMENT CARD?
Remember to update your payment details – click here for a guide on how to do this.
WE NEED YOU!
The Friends’ Association’s interest and great practical assistance is a huge support for Lejre Land of Legends, which needs a large and committed Friends’ Association that supports the work and research into the way our ancestors lived, with active storytelling and nature experiences for both children and adults. 80% of the membership fee goes to Lejre Land of Legends, which provides free admission, great discounts and exciting member events. The remaining 20% goes to the association of friends. The board uses the funds as much as possible for materials and courses that can develop the members’ knowledge and skills and benefit Lejre Land of Legends.
Minutes:
Board meetings:
Board meeting on January 19, 2021
Board meeting on June 16, 2021
Board meeting on August 16, 2021
Board meeting on October 4, 2021
Board meeting on January 10, 2022
Board meeting on February 7, 2022
Board meeting on March 21, 2022
Board meeting on August 10, 2022
Board meeting on September 01, 2022
Board meeting on October 4, 2022
Board meeting on February 8, 2023
Board meeting on August 15, 2023
Board meeting on September 19, 2023
Board meeting on November 14, 2023
Board meeting on January 18, 2024
Annual meetings:
Minutes, annual meeting March 21, 2022
Minutes, annual meeting March 1, 2023
Minutes, annual meeting August 2024
PUBLICATIONS
Venneforening regularly publishes the magazine “Ask” as well as the smaller version “Flyve Ask” these are published several times a year and can be read together with other publications here:
Guilds and groups for the active
If you’d like to join in some fun, active work with others, you can join one of our guilds or join a working group. They carry out regular ongoing tasks in the areas of Sagnlandet, but can also take on larger individual tasks.
What needs to be done is determined by the Land of Legends area leaders or the volunteer coordinator as part of the Land of Legends Camps work plan. At the guild days – usually held on the second Saturday of each month – project descriptions are shared and tasks are assigned. If you are a member and want to get involved, you can find the contacts here.
Iron Age Guild in the village of Lethra
Works to maintain the Iron Age environment in the village of Lethra and the sacrificial bog, fence weaving, shoe sewing, wall cladding and much more.
Contact: Mette Bendsen
slv@sagnlandet.dk
Facebook: Sagnlandet Lejres Iron Age Guild
The Viking Guild on Fredsbjerg
The Viking Guild consists of a mix of friends of Sagnlandet who volunteer in Sagnlandet’s Viking area (year 700) and a group of traveling Vikings who visit for periods with their own tents, historically correct crafts, weapons and their own clothes. Together, the Guild supports the employees’ communication and helps with practical tasks and events.
Contact: Dina Bergstrøm
Henrik Harpestreng’s Garden/Garden Guild
Maintains Harpestreng’s 13th-century medical garden, the color garden and the garden at Potteriet.
Contact: Birgit Green
slv@sagnlandet.dk
See more at www.harpestrengshave.dk
Nature conservation
Henrik Rasmussen is leading the way in terms of nature conservation. By signing up, he is assembling a group that assists ad hoc with lighter nature conservation tasks in Lejre Land of Legends – including the removal of invasive species. Contact Henrik for more information. Scheduled events are announced in Flyveask.
Contact: Henrik Rasmussen
slv@sagnlandet.dk
Landbohusene
We meet at Landbohusene on guild day on the second Saturday of every month. We weed, plant and mow in the gardens around Landbohusene. We split, weave willow fences, mow grass with a scythe and assist the farm with building maintenance.
We lime while the pigs grunt, the ducks quack and the birds sing in the forest. We eat lunch together, enjoy ourselves and have some good conversations.
Contact: Birgitte Norby
slv@sagnlandet.dk
Smedelauget
We meet at the regular guild days on the second Saturday of the month and about twice a month throughout the year. The guild forges weapons, knives and tools for the historical areas and for the museum shop. Personal items can also be forged for a fee.
Contact: Erik Fischer
slv@sagnlandet.dk
See more on Facebook: Sagnlandets Smedelaug
Other tasks
Cross-guild tasks are advertised ad hoc in Flyveask and can include house restoration, fence weaving, bridge building and help at events.
Contact: Volunteer Coordinator Peter Rahbek Poulsen
slv@sagnlandet.dk
OTHER VOLUNTEER GROUPS, ACTORS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Lejre Land of Legends benefits greatly from the dedicated efforts of volunteers. Some of our volunteers are affiliated with reenactment groups and associations and come to Lejre Land of Legends together.
Among our many volunteers and groups associated with Lejre Land of Legends are:
Prindsens Hverving
Rideklubben Geysir
Pileforeningen
Rollo
Legion VI
As well as a large number of Danish and foreign groups that contribute with activities around daily life, crafts, combat and more.