Board of directors
Chairperson: Bolette Høy, Deputy Chief Superintendent, East Jutland Police
Vice Chairperson: Jens Bundgaard, Head of Department, AU Education – SU, SPS, and Dual Career
Member: Claus Lauenborg, Regional Director, Fynske Bank
Member: Ole Keldorf, Sports Consultant
Member: Henrik Vinther, Retiree, Former Project Manager at Nordkabel
Member: Jens Isbak, Managing Director, VSK Football
Member: Signe Damgaard Gjesse, Project Coordinator, Springcenter Aarhus
Alternate Member: Kasper Møller Lee, Association Consultant, DGI and Skanderborg Municipality
Alternate Member: Leonora Sander Wienke, Project Manager at SIND
If you wish to contact the school’s board, please write to ihaa@ihaarhus.dk. We will then forward your message to the appropriate recipient
Core values
The central values at Aarhus Sports Folk High School are:
Homeliness, presence, respect, team-spirit and commitment.
We carry out regular surveys amongst our students concerning the Folk High School’s core values. In this manner, we gain an assessment of which values are important to our students, and how we, as a Folk High School, perform in observing them. You can see the results of the latest survey, taken in 2024 below.
Homeliness: At IHÅ, homeliness means that we should feel safe and at home within ourselves. At the same time, home is something we create together, and we are conscious of our own role and responsibility in creating an open and inclusive environment where we see each other. Homeliness is also how we engage with others and invite people into our home—where smiles, openness, and helpfulness define the atmosphere and the sense of joy that drives IHÅ.
Presence: At IHÅ, presence means that we are aware of holding a part of each other’s lives in our hands. Therefore, we insist on seeing, seeking to understand, being curious about, caring for, and listening to each other. We empathize with one another and see the person beyond the performance.
Respect: At IHÅ, respect means that we make an effort to understand each other’s different perspectives and viewpoints, acting with consideration and a positive mindset. We maintain decency and humility towards ourselves, so we can act with integrity. At the same time, we are aware of the responsibility for the IHÅ of the past and the IHÅ we leave for the future.
Team Spirit: At IHÅ, team spirit means moving from “you and me” to a stronger “we.” We insist on making ourselves and each other better, recognizing that everyone contributes differently to the team and occupies different roles. EVERYONE is equally important for the collaboration to work and for the team to grow.
Commitment: At IHÅ, commitment means that we immerse ourselves and make a dedicated effort toward a cause, while also having the courage to put ourselves out there in relation to that cause. Courage and immersion complement each other, creating space for initiative and action, which we celebrate at IHÅ.
THE LATEST SURVEY (May 2026)
In the spring of 2026, we measured students’ perceptions of our core values: Homeliness, Presence, Respect, Team Spirit, and Commitment. A total of 139 students responded to the survey, corresponding to a response rate of 92.7%, which we consider to be representative.
To what extent do you believe that Idrætshøjskolen Aarhus lives up to the following values?
The students rated a value between 1-5.
‘To a very low extent’ = 1, ‘To a very high extent’ = 5.
CONCLUSION OF THE SURVEY (Maj 2026)
86.2% of the students believe that Idrætshøjskolen Aarhus lives up to the school’s core values to a “high degree” or a “very high degree.”
The management team and Board of Directors of Idrætshøjskolen Aarhus have determined that the target is for at least 80% of students to assess that Idrætshøjskolen Aarhus lives up to its core values to a “high degree” or a “very high degree.”
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