About August Krogh Club

Vision

The vision for the August Krogh Club is to facilitate and increase visibility of research in the field of physiology and metabolism.

Mission

By various initiatives (meetings, seminars and symposia) and common activities, the August Krogh Club will create a platform within the field of physiology and metabolism from which the Danish research tradition in physiology can be maintained and expanded in the recognition that:

If we have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants

mod., Isaac Newton, 1676

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

”Freja” by Hans Pauli Olsen

The sculpture of "Freja" made by Hans Pauli Olsen is used as mascot for the August Krogh Club.

The idea of the two plinths nicely symbolize our quotation of Isaac Newton in the mission statement:

If we have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants

mod., Isaac Newton, 1676

 

  

 

”Freja” by Hans Pauli Olsen

Two plinths, one for the person
and one for all that follows