 For his higher education, Pedersen entered Sorø Academy, a school with a history going back to 1140.His study of theology under F. C. Krarups, a priest/professor at Sorø, led to Pedersen’s study of the Old Testament.After he graduated from Sorø Academy in 1902, Pedersen began study of Semitic languages under Professor Frants Buhl at the University of Copenhagen.