History of the Student Council

1932: 
On February 11, the Student Council is founded and recognized by the university as a representation of the university’s students. However, the process of founding the Student Council is characterized by caution: First, a committee is set up to obtain information about the teachers’ assembly’s position on the idea before it is implemented.alized at a student meeting attended by the mayor of the city and the chairman of the teachers’ assembly. This caution also characterized the Student Council’s work in the following years until the early 1960s.

1962-1968:

During this period, the Student Council begins to engage in more regular student political work, characterized by the view that the education system should be assessed based on societal criteria rather than purely academic ones.
At the same time, students are becoming more vocal: they are demanding changes to educational policy objectives, questioning the purpose of the chosenof the chosen curriculum and so on.

1968: 

In this year, the criticism culminates in the famous student revolt. Down with the professorship and in with socially relevant education and student influence are the slogans. At this point, the student council is characterized by ideological factions, with predominantly left-wing students. The Student Front is the largest of these and is behind many actions in favor of views similar to those of the Student Council.
The time after the student rebellion is one of the most important for the Student Council, as two crucial things happen during this period: The students manifest themselves as an independent interest group that manages to make themselves visible both inside and outside the university walls. In addition, students have a say in the university’s management.

1970:

 The Danish Parliament passes the first Governance Act, giving students some influence – especially at the study board level.

1971:

 The Governance Act is enacted, but causes large and violent demonstrations. This is because the law repeals the 1921 royal decree that recognized the student councils at the country’s universities as the students’ representations. Instead, politicians, encouraged by the most persistent factionalists in the Student Council, introduce a list election for student representatives in the governing bodies. The Student Council sees this as interference in the students’ organizational affairs and therefore chooses to boycott the work of the governing bodies in the hope of changing the law.

1973: 

Under the new government, changes are planned to the Governance Act, but this will not happen, and the aforementioned issues regarding list elections will remain. However, the Student Council still chooses to join the Governing Bodies.