National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark

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National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark

Country/Region	Denmark
Code	DEN
Created	14 February 1896
Recognized	1905
Continental Association	EOC
Headquarters	Brøndby, Denmark
President	Hans Natorp
Secretary General	Morten Mølholm Hansen
Website	www.dif.dk

The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Idrætsforbund, DIF) is the National Olympic Committee representing Denmark.

The organization as it exists today was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Dansk Idræts-Forbund (Danish Sports Confederation) and Danmarks Olympiske Komité (Danish Olympic Committee).^[1]

The confederation was founded on 14 February 1896 as Dansk Idræts-Forbund. At the time it was founded, it represented 18 associations across ten different sports with 2,180 individual members.^[2][3] After the Danish Gymnastics Federation (Dansk Gymnastik Forbund) and the Danish Football Association became members in 1904, the confederation began to expand dramatically. By 1918, it represented more than 400 associations with approximately 60,000 members. Initially the confederation was not recognized by the state. It first received state-funding in 1903, when it was awarded an annual grant of 3,000 DKK.^[3]

The confederation's headquarters were initially located on Ingemannsvej in Frederiksberg. Its location changed many times in the following years until it moved to Østerbro in 1925. In 1957 the confederation purchased its own building from a carpet wholesaler—a location which it occupied until 1973. In 1970, plans to construct a purpose-built headquarters for the confederation were drawn up. The building was designed by architects Tarquini Mårtensson and Mikael Tarp Jensen and completed in Brøndby in 1974. The building has become known as Idrættens Hus (lit. House of Sports) and remains the organization's headquarters to this day. A number of related organizations are housed within the building as well, including Team Danmark and Anti-Doping Denmark.^[4]

Denmark's Olympic Committee was established in 1905. In 1912, it took over the confederation's organisational responsibilities for the Olympic games. In 1993 the two independent organizations were again merged. As a result of the merger, the combined organization became known as Danmarks Idrætsforbund.^[3]

The following is a list of presidents since its creation in 1896.^[5]

The Danish National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 32 Olympic Summer and 4 Winter Sport Federations in Denmark.^[6]

• Denmark at the Olympics

• Jørgensen, Per (2003). "Dansk idræt og den olympiske bevægelse 1894–1932". Idrætshistorisk Årbog (in Danish). Vol. 19. University Press of Southern Denmark. doi:10.7146/ffi.v19i1.31717. ISBN 8778388880.

• Official website