Ungdommens Naturvidenskabelige Forening (UNF) (English: The Danish Youth Association of Science) is an association for young Danish people interested in science. It was founded in 1944 by interested high school teachers who were members of the society for the spreading of knowledge of the natural sciences (Danish: Selskabet for Naturlærens Udbredelse, SNU). The primary purpose of the association is to promote science to youth and give the already interested youth the possibility to gain a deeper insight in science.[1]

The national association, UNF Danmark, has seven local chapters in the major cities; Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Lyngby, Esbjerg, Slagelse, and Aalborg.

National Presidents of UNF
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2020- Mads Frimann Madsen
2019–2020 Søren Beck
2018–2019 Nikolaj Simling
2018 Beatrice Nyhus
2017–2018 Rasmus Rahbek Østergaard
2016–2017 Jakob Peter Thorsbro
2014–2016Milena Laban
2013–2014Cecilie Nøhr Pedersen
2013Nils-Asbjørn Frederiksen
2012–2013Freja Elbro
2011–2012Steffen Stokbæk
2010–2011Line Guldbrand
2010Christian Brædstrup
2008–2010Rune Thode Nielsen
2007–2008Danny K. Malkowski
2007Ingo Nielsen
2006–2007Mathias Bach Poulsen
2005–2006Joan Ilsø Sørensen
2004–2005Johnny Hartvig Olsen
2002–2004Torben Lund Skovhus

ScienceCamps

Every year during the school summer holidays (July–August), UNF organises the so-called ScienceCamps. The aim of these ScienceCamps is to give young people an opportunity to meet others with similar interests and to spread interest in specific science subjects.

Over the years, UNF has organised ScienceCamps in the fields of Mathematics, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Environmental Technology, ScienceShow, Game Development and Software Development.

Published material

A series of teaching material[2] and a children's book[3] have been published by the organization and is available on Danish libraries.

References

  1. ↑ "Om UNF". UNF Danmark. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Laboratoriemanual – UNF Chemistry Camp 2015, UNF Naturfagsweekend 2021 : UNF København og UNF Lyngby, Kompendium til UNF Computer Science Camp 2019 : om digitale algoritmer til funktionel logik og flere". BIBLIOTEK.DK (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  3. ↑ Lindhardt, Claes (2020). Venevej 22 : og andre fortællinger om biologi. Hasim Tekin, Anne-Théa Uldal. Roskilde: Ungdommens Naturvidenskabelige Forening. ISBN 978-87-972655-0-5. OCLC 1257246537.


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