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dKK 50 million donation to SDU Entrepreneurship Centre
The board of the Otto Mønsted Foundation has decided to make its largest single donation to date of DKK 50…
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Foundation honours bright ideas to solve global challenges
The annual award ceremony of The Bright Idea is a day many look forward to - not least this year's…
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Set aside the day for this year’s awards ceremony
The countdown has begun for the foundation's Bright Idea 2025 awards ceremony on 5 November. This is the seventh year…
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Granting policy 2024/25
The Otto Mønsted Foundation’s Granting Policy for 2024/25 can be read here
About the Foundation
Otto Mønsted (1838-1916) started the first margarine production in Denmark in 1883. In 1909, he founded Otto Mønsted A/S. As the Mønsted couple were childless, Otto Mønsted and his wife Anna Sophie Mønsted decided in 1916 that their fortune should be included in a foundation bearing the name Otto Mønsted. After the death of Mrs Anna Mønsted, the foundation charter was drawn up on 18 June 1934 and received royal ratification on 21 June 1934. Today, the foundation owns all shares in Otto Mønsted A/S.
Our projects
Foundation honours bright ideas to solve global challenges
The annual award ceremony of The Bright Idea is a day many look forward to - not least this year's…
Read more
dKK 50 million donation to SDU Entrepreneurship Centre
The board of the Otto Mønsted Foundation has decided to make its largest single donation to date of DKK 50…
Read more
Set aside the day for this year’s awards ceremony
The countdown has begun for the foundation's Bright Idea 2025 awards ceremony on 5 November. This is the seventh year…
Read more
