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Vidste du at Bjørnø har haft et sommerkollektiv, hvor Gasolin kom og prøveindspillede deres tidlige album?

Det kan du høre mere om, om lidt..

Bjørnø har haft en skole siden 1809, og i 1890 blev en ny skole opført ved øens gamle gadekær. Alle øens børn blev undervist af en enelærer, der havde elevhold om formiddagen og eftermiddagen. Skolen lukkede i 1964, og siden dengang har øens børn taget Bjørnøbåden for at komme i skole i Faaborg.

I 1971 blev den gamle skole solgt til en gruppe af unge studerende fra Sofiegården på Christianshavn. Da Sofiegården i sin tid blev ryddet for beboere og efterfølgende revet ned, besluttede nogle af beboerne at opretholde det fællesskab, de havde opbygget, og købte derfor Bjørnø Skole som fælles fritidsbolig.

Og som nogle af Bjørnøboerne sagde: Nu er hippierne kommet til Bjørnø.

Det var en helt ny oplevelse for øen at have unge mennesker med en ny livsstil boende, og de nye sommerhusejere blev mødt med nysgerrighed. Sammen nød de solnedgangen over Dyreborg med kaffe eller et glas vin på molen, en tradition kaldet Molekaffe, som de fastboende Bjørnøboere hurtigt tog til sig. I dag er denne skik et kendetegn for Bjørnø og nævnt i stort set alle beskrivelser af øen.

I dag samles øboere og turister stadig på molen ved solnedgangstid med kaffe, vin og øl, og øens lokale musiker spiller gerne et par numre på kornetten.

Det var også skolens beboere, der startede udendørs fællesspisning på molen, som i dag også er en tradition på øen.

Flere gange besøgte det kendte danske rockband, Gasolin' også øen. De havde også haft tilknytning til Sofiegården, og havde hørt snakke om det nye sommerkollektiv på Bjørnø. Igennem et par år blev skolen brugt til at prøveindspille nye LP'er, inden de skulle indspilles i studiet.

I dag ejes skolen af en af de oprindelige kollektivister.

Modern times

ENGLISH VERSION

Did you know that Bjørnø had a summer collective where Gasolin', one of the most famous Danish bands, came and did trial recordings of their early albums?

You can hear more about that in a moment...

Bjørnø has had a school since 1809, and in 1890, a new school was built near the island's old village pond. All of the island's children were taught by a single teacher who had classes in the morning and again in the afternoon. The school closed in 1964, and since then, the island's children have taken the Bjørnø boat to go to school in Faaborg.

In 1971, the old school was sold to a group of young students from a college in Copenhagen. When the college was cleared of residents and subsequently demolished, some of the former residents decided to maintain the community they had built and bought Bjørnø School as a shared vacation home.

And as some of the people of Bjørnø said: "Now, the hippies have arrived at Bjørnø."

It was a completely new experience for the island to have young people with a different lifestyle living there, and the new summerhouse owners were met with curiosity. Together, they enjoyed the sunset over Dyreborg, a small city on the coast of the mainland, with coffee or a glass of wine on the pier, a tradition called "Pier Coffee," which the permanent residents of Bjørnø quickly embraced. This custom has become a hallmark of Bjørnø and is mentioned in virtually all descriptions of the island.

Today, islanders and tourists still gather on the pier at sunset with coffee, wine, and beer, and the local musician on the island is happy to play a few tunes on the cornet.

It was also the residents of the school who started the outdoor communal dining on the pier, which is also a tradition on the island.

As said, the famous Danish rock band, Gasolin', also visited the island multiple times. They had a connection to the college in Copenhagen and had heard about the new summer collective on Bjørnø. For a couple of years, the school was used to record trial versions of their new vinyls before they were recorded in the studio.

Today, the school is owned by one of the original collective members.