Denmark & the Seeker
Born north of Copenhagen in 1941 to parents in the Danish resistance. A philosophy student, soldier, boxer and adventurer who drove the overland road east again and again, searching for something the West could not give him.
Part of Lama Ole Nydahl
2 moments in this segment.
- — A Danish boy born into the war. Lama Ole Nydahl was born on 19 March 1941 north of Copenhagen and grew up there. His parents took part in the Danish resistance, helping to ferry Jews across the water to safety in neutral Sweden. (Photo: Ole as a boy.)
- — Philosophy in Copenhagen, the USA, Tübingen and Munich. He studied Philosophy, English and German at the University of Copenhagen, and in the U.S.A., Tübingen and Munich — a restless, brilliant student. After a spell in the Danish army he travelled the overland road east again and again, drawn to the Himalayas, wild and adventurous in his youth.
