Apply for Scholarship
In order to apply for a Scholarship follow the steps below:
- Click here to download the Scholarship / Grant Application form
- Fill out the form and mail it latest on February 28th to the following address:
Danish American Language Foundation
c/o Lea Olesen
872 S. Milwaukee Ave. Ste 148
Libertyville, IL 60048
- For additional information contact Paul Pedersen at: paulp@dalf.us
Scholarships
Below is a list, grouped by year, of scholarships that the Danish American Language Foundation has awarded in recent years.
Scholarships 2010
| 2010 | Mathilde Mogensen | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | |
Scholarships 2011
| 2011 | Mathilde Mogensen | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | |
Scholarships 2013
| 2013 | Karsten Strobel | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $500.00 | |
| 2013 | Zoila Rodriguez | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $500.00 | |
| 2013 | J. Rodriguez | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $500.00 | |
Scholarships 2014
| 2014 | Zoila Rodriguez | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $500.00 | |
| 2014 | J. Rodriguez | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $500.00 | |
Scholarships 2017
| 2017 | Andrea Murphee | Concordia Language Village | $750.00 | |
| 2017 | Aidan Murphree | Concordia Language Village | $750.00 | |
| 2017 | Christian Keller | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,500.00 | |
| 2017 | (Samantha) Maria Mogensen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,500.00 | |
| 2017 | Sophia Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,500.00 | |
| 2017 | Sebastian Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,500.00 | |
| 2017 | Daniel Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,500.00 | |
| 2017 | Zoila Rodriguez | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,500.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2017 | Lilah Segal-Angel | Travel to Denmark to Practice Danish | Cancelled | |
Scholarships 2018
| 2018 | Alexandra Jacobsen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2018 | Christian Keller | Dansk Sommerskole | $500.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2018 | Daniel Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2018 | Sophia Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2018 | Sebastian Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2018 | Nikolas Radoor Lennon | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2018 | Aidan Murphree | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $500.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2018 | Gabriel Jeppesen-Belleci | Danes Wordwide School
Online Class | $750.00 | |
Scholarships 2019
| 2019 | Kristoffer Diesel | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | Cancelled | |
| 2019 | Mica Madsen | Efterskole | Cancelled | |
| 2019 | Mia Greenshields | Vejle Idrætshøjskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2019 | Christian Keller | Dansk Sommerskole | $900.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2019 | Lydia Orum-Keller | Dansk Sommerskole | $900.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2019 | Daniel Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2019 | Sebastian Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2019 | Sophia Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | Click here for testimony |
| 2019 | Sebastian Dalsgaard | Folkeskolens afgangseksamen
9th grade on-line class | $700.00 | |
| 2019 | Lilah Segal-Angel | Travel to Denmark to Practice Danish | $500.00 | |
| 2019 | Northwest Danish Association | Danish Teacher Grant | $500.00 | |
Scholarships 2020
| 2020 | Daniel Olesen | Danes Wordwide School | Cancelled | |
| 2020 | Sebastian Olesen | Danes Wordwide School | Cancelled | |
| 2020 | Sophia Olesen | Danes Wordwide School | Cancelled | |
| 2020 | Lydia Orum-Keller | Danes Wordwide School | Cancelled | |
| 2020 | Gabriel Jeppesen-Belleci | Danes Wordwide School
Online Class | $750.00 | |
Scholarships 2021
| 2021 | Sophia Nelson | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $500.00 | |
| 2021 | Otellia Olsen | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $500.00 | |
| 2021 | Lydia Orum Keller | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2021 | Sebastian Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $500.00 | |
| 2021 | Daniel Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $500.00 | |
| 2021 | Molly Baunegaard McCarthy | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2021 | Kristoffer Diesel | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2021 | Gabriel Jeppesen-Belleci | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
Scholarships 2022
| 2022 | Lydia Orum Keller | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2022 | Danika Stewart | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2022 | Devin Stewart | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2022 | Sebastian Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2022 | Daniel Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2022 | Gabriel Jeppesen-Belleci | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
Scholarships 2023
| 2023 | Danika Stewart | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2023 | Devin Stewart | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2023 | Daniel Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2023 | Tempest Steindal | Dansk Sommerskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2023 | Kaya Sikorski Niemann | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $750.00 | |
Scholarships 2024
| 2024 | Sophia Olesen | Uldum Højskole | $1,000.00 | |
| 2024 | Clara Brodey | Gap Semester in Denmark | $1,000.00 | |
| 2024 | Daniel Olesen | Dansk Sommerskole Balle | $750.00 | |
| 2024 | Anika Klawikolski | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | |
| 2024 | Eva Christensen | Grant for a project about her ancestor's
work on Folkeskole Sangbogen | $500.00 | |
| 2024 | Melody Tsatsral | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | |
| 2024 | Gabriel Jeppesen-Belleci | Oure Højskole | $750.00 | |
| 2024 | Rosalind Sandomire | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | |
| 2024 | William Sandomire | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | |
| 2024 | Ashton Fenger | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | |
| 2024 | Kaya Sikorski Niemann | Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp | $750.00 | |
| 2024 | Tempest Steindal | Dansk Sommerskole | $750.00 | |
Financial Support
Below is a list of financial support that the Danish American Language Foundation has awarded in recent years.
Bien - Newspaper
| 2003 | $1,500.00 |
| 2005 | $1,250.00 |
The Danish Home
| 2005 | $1,000.00 |
| 2006 | $500.00 |
| 2007 | $500.00 |
| 2008 | $500.00 |
| 2009 | $500.00 |
| 2010 | $500.00 |
| 2011 | $500.00 |
| 2012 | $500.00 |
| 2013 | $500.00 |
| 2017 | $500.00 |
| 2018 | $590.00 |
The Danish Pioneer - Newspaper
| 2000 | $1,000.00 |
| 2001 | $2,750.00 |
| 2002 | $2,000.00 |
| 2003 | $2,000.00 |
| 2005 | $1,000.00 |
| 2007 | $1,000.00 |
| 2008 | $1,000.00 |
| 2009 | $1,700.00 |
| 2010 | $800.00 |
| 2011 | $1,050.00 |
| 2012 | $1,050.00 |
| 2013 | $800.00 |
| 2014 | $800.00 |
| 2019 | $1,600.00 |
Himmelbjerget - Danish Language Camp
| 2000 | $500.00 |
| 2002 | $750.00 |
| 2003 | $750.00 |
| 2005 | $750.00 |
| 2006 | $750.00 |
| 2007 | $500.00 |
Skovsøen - Danish Language Camp
| 1999 | $875.00 |
| 2000 | $1,850.00 |
| 2002 | $750.00 |
| 2003 | $750.00 |
| 2005 | $750.00 |
| 2006 | $750.00 |
| 2023 | $1,000.00 |
Vikingeskolen - Houston
Katrine Vange Keller - Various projects
Northwest Danish Association
| 2017 | $500.00 |
| 2019 | $500.00 |
| 2020 | $500.00 |
National Foundation for Danish America
