Asserting the Right to Play. Women’s Football in Denmark

Anne Birgitte Brus; Else Trangbæk

doi:10.1080/14660970512331390855

Asserting the Right to Play. Women’s Football in Denmark

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In 1970 the Danish Football club Boldklubben Femina (BK Femina) became unofficial world champions. The success of BK Femina women's football team was not a coincidence and should be placed in the context of a ten-year struggle to have football accepted as a sport for women in Denmark. This essay examines three consecutive periods in Danish women's football: the establishment of women's football in Denmark before 1970; the time of women's admission to the Danish Football Association (DBU) in 1970–72; and finally, the development of women's football in the DBU from 1972 to 2002.

Translated title of the contribution	Om retten til at få lov til at spille. Kvindefodbold i Danmark
Original language	English
Journal	Soccer and Society
Volume	4
Issue number	2/3
Pages (from-to)	95-111
Number of pages	16
ISSN	1466-0970
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970512331390855
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

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