THE OWNER BEHIND PALSGAARD ESTATE
The Schou Foundation
Palsgaard Gods A/S is owned by the Schou Foundation, which was established in 1957 by Herbert and Gudrun Schou. Herbert Schou was the son of Einar Viggo Schou , who in 1919 founded the emulsifier company Emulsion A/S (now Palsgaard A/S) and which he ran at the same time as Palsgaard Estate.
After Einar's death in 1925, Herbert inherited both the estate and the rapidly growing business. Like his father, Herbert was socially responsible, and in 1957 he transferred all assets, including forests, farmland, buildings and the emulsifier business, to the Schou Foundation to ensure that they would continue to be run in the spirit of the Schou family.
Read more about the Schou Foundation's local involvement here.
THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOU FOUNDATION
The Schou Foundation is run in accordance with the following mission statements:
- To dispose of companies that the Foundation's highest authority may find appropriate for the fulfilment of the Foundation's other objectives.
- To preserve and further develop the Palsgaard estate with its glories as a beautiful and good place of work for all employees.
- To establish, dispose of and support independent companies in research and development in the areas that the Foundation's highest authority may find appropriate for the benefit of the Foundation's activities.
- To provide support to the Palsgaard Foundation to the extent that the Schou Foundation's highest authority deems it justifiable, taking into account the Schou Foundation's other objectives.
You can see more about the history of the Schou Foundation in the video here. Press CC to select Danish subtitles.
