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The application period for The Bright Idea 2025 is open until August 15th.
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Stories
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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Foundation awards DKK 500,000 to bright ideas
For the seventh consecutive year, the Otto Mønsted Foundation is once again accepting applications from bachelor/ master students, PhD students,…
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Lifelong memories of life-saving help
For two months in 2024, ten engineering students had the unique experience of combining a study abroad programme with extraordinary…
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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
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
Foundation awards DKK 500,000 to bright ideas
For the seventh consecutive year, the Otto Mønsted Foundation is once again accepting applications from bachelor/ master students, PhD students,…
Read more
Lifelong memories of life-saving help
For two months in 2024, ten engineering students had the unique experience of combining a study abroad programme with extraordinary…
Read more
