It considers itself as part of the international Situationist movement in collaboration with other like-minded organizations.
The CFU committee comprises artists Henrietta Heise and Jakob Jakobsen, its founders.
[1][2] The CFU has a guide called The ABZ of the Copenhagen Free University with entries ranging from "self-institution" through "uneconomical behaviour" to "mass intellectuality".
It publishes small books and brochures, as well as hosting discussions, conferences, and screenings.
[2] The CFU also helps to run an artist-run television service named TV-TV, broadcast from a squat in Copenhagen (named Folkets Hus — People's House) three nights per week in airtime slots that used to be occupied by TV STop, using TV Stop's equipment.