Frivilligt Drenge- og Pige-Forbund


Frivilligt Drenge- og Pigeforbund, FDF is a Danish, Christian children and youth organisation with approximately 25,000 members.
The activities in FDF are in many ways similar to those of the scouts. However, there are some differences, including the fact that in FDF children are always led by adults, and FDF is not a member of any of the scouting World associations. Instead, FDF is a member of Fimcap, European Fellowship and Global Fellowship.

History

FDF was established by Holger Tornøe, a young architect and sundayschool-teacher from Copenhagen, and Ludvig Valentiner, on October 27, 1902 in Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, and thus is Denmark's oldest uniformed children and youth association. In the beginning, only boys could become members of FDF. In 1952, another organization with a similar structure and concepts, but which was exclusively for girls was founded. This organization was called FPF. In 1974, FDF and FPF merged to a joint youth organization open to both girls and boys. The merger was called FDF/FPF. In 1994, the name was simplified to FDF.

Age groups

FDF has different age groups for the children. Group leaders are from 18 years.
agegroupfromtill
Pusling5 years0th grade
Tumling1st grade2nd grade
Pilt3rd grade4th grade
Væbner5th grade6th grade
Seniorvæbner7th grade8th grade
Senior9th grade18 years

Activities

National Camp

Since 1926 FDF hosts every five years a big national camp. The national camp takes place in Sletten. The camp lasts 10 days and all members from the age of nine can take part. In 2011 the attracted about 13,000 participants. More than 500 international guests from FDF's partner organizations took part.