Svanholm
State in Copenhagen, Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Swedish operatic tenor, see Set Svanholm.
Svanholm is a country estate and former manor 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1978 an association of over 100 persons bought the estate to create Denmark's largest intentional community. The Svanholm collective grows its own food and was one of the pioneers of organic farming in Denmark. As of January 2006, membership consisted of 70 adults and 35 children aged 0 to 80, jointly owning around 400 hectares (990 acres) of farmland, park, and woodlands.[1]
The name comes from svan meaning "swan" and holm meaning "islet"; ie. Svanholm means "Swan-isle".