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Annual report for 2023

The Otto Mønsted Foundation’s Annual Report for 2023 can be viewed here

Stories

Innovation with room for big ideas

When the Maker association opened a laboratory for sustainable product development beneath Langebro in Copenhagen in 2015, the aim was…
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Join us for the awards ceremony at the Digital Tech Summit on 4 November 2026

For the eighth year running, the Otto Mønsted Foundation is presenting the ‘Den Lyse Idé’ award to talented students from…
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Universities gained new insights and had ‘aha’ moments in Singapore

Singapore is undoubtedly one of Asia’s leading countries when it comes to its long-standing focus on combining a clear national…
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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.

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Our projects

Join us for the awards ceremony at the Digital Tech Summit

For the eighth year running, the Otto Mønsted Foundation is presenting the ‘Den Lyse Idé’ award to talented students from…
Read more

Innovation with room for big ideas

When the Maker association opened a laboratory for sustainable product development beneath Langebro in Copenhagen in 2015, the aim was…
Read more

New insights and ‘aha’ moments in Singapore

Singapore is undoubtedly one of Asia’s leading countries when it comes to its long-standing focus on combining a clear national…
Read more