Johannes V. Jensen & Thit Jensen Museet
Literature museum in the birthplace of Nobel Prize winner Johannes V. Jensen in Farsø, also dedicated to his sister Thit Jensen.
About the museum
The museum has its origin in the birthplace of Johannes V. Jensen (1873–1950), the son of a veterinarian from Farsø, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. At the end of the 1980s, the small whitewashed house on the main street was so dilapidated that demolition threatened. The Lions Club Farsø, which had long been planning a museum for the Nobel laureate, had it restored with a great deal of volunteer work and collected donations; on September 7, 1991, the Johannes V. Jensen Museet was inaugurated.
A friends' association founded in 1999 pushed forward an expansion. The Nationalmuseet was willing to make Jensen's study furnishings, which had long been stored in its depot, available as a loan, provided a suitable extension was built. Based on plans by the architect Palle Breinholm, it was completed in 2008; the exhibition "Arbejdets Rum" with the furniture and objects from the study – the largest single loan in the history of the Nationalmuseet – opened in 2011.
In fall 2019 a further extension was added for the holdings from the memorial room of Thit Jensen, which had previously been shown on the market square of Farsø. Since then the house has carried the name of both siblings. The exhibition on Thit Jensen presents the writer and combative campaigner for women's rights who long stood in the shadow of her brother. The permanent exhibitions on Johannes V. Jensen were renewed in fall 2025 and reopened for the 2026 season.
Highlights
- Birthplace of Johannes V. Jensen
- Exhibition "Arbejdets Rum" with the furnishings of his study
- Nobel Prize diploma from 1944
- Exhibition on Thit Jensen with a large touchscreen and debate corner
- Paintings by Fritz Syberg
Permanent exhibitions
- Johannes V. Jensen – The exhibition, which begins in the birthplace, tells of the Nobel laureate's childhood, family and travels as well as works such as the Himmerlandshistorier and Kongens Fald; it was renewed in 2025/26.
- Arbejdets Rum – Furnishings and objects from Johannes V. Jensen's study, on loan from the Nationalmuseet, including his Nobel Prize diploma from 1944.
- Thit Jensen – Exhibition on the writer and women's rights campaigner with objects from her former memorial room, a large touchscreen and a listening station with quotations from the siblings.
- Founded
- 1991
- Operated by
- Johannes V. Jensen & Thit Jensen Museet
- Director
- Peter Hørup
Admission & discounts
| Adults | DKK 80 |
|---|---|
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Children and young people under 18 have free admission. |
| Groups (10+ people) | DKK 65 per personGroups of 10 or more. |
| Guided tour (up to 20 people) | DKK 400 |
| Guided tour (20–50 people) | DKK 800 |
| Group package with admission, guided tour, 4 pieces of smørrebrød and a drink (10 or more people) | DKK 210 |
Members of the friends' association (DKK 75 per person or DKK 125 for couples annually) have free admission. With the OplevelsesPas of the four museums in Vesthimmerland, admission to the fourth is free after visits to three. Primary and secondary schools have free admission.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available · 100 m to the entrance
There are only a few parking spaces at the museum. The museum asks visitors not to park in the residential streets Johannes V. Jensens Vej and Thit Jensens Vej, but to use the two parking lots on Søndergade at Himmerlands Kød and XL-Byg respectively (each about 100 m away).
Amenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
Museum café with coffee, tea, beer and soda; for groups catering up to a smørrebrød lunch (space for about 50–60 guests). Book sales with works by the siblings and secondary literature.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours for groups by arrangement; the museum also organizes walking tours of Farsø and guided bus tours in the footsteps of the siblings. For schools there are lectures, writing workshops and workshops by arrangement, as well as the annual writing competition "Den lille Nobelpris" for young people under 18. |
