# Kvindevalgretsforeningen

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**Kvindevalgretsforeningen** (KVF), or the Women's Suffrage Association, was a Danish organization established by [Line Luplau](/source/Line_Luplau) in 1889 specifically to promote [women's suffrage](/source/Women's_suffrage). The association not only organized meetings on voting rights but participated in electoral meetings, asking candidates how they felt about women's participation in provincial and national elections.[1] The first meeting was held on 15 February 1889 with 1,500 participants. In addition to Luplau, [Louise Nørlund](/source/Louise_N%C3%B8rlund) and [Johanne Meyer](/source/Johanne_Meyer), there were also some prominent gentlemen in the audience, including [Fredrik Bajer](/source/Fredrik_Bajer) and [Jens Christian Hostrup](/source/Jens_Christian_Hostrup).[2]

After the death of Luplau in 1891, interest in the organization diminished.[1][3]

Nevertheless, in 1891 Louise Nørlund, who had assisted Luplaus from the start, became president of KVF but retired in 1893 to return to family life. [Nielsine Nielsen](/source/Nielsine_Nielsen) then took over the presidency until 1898 when the organization was dissolved.[4] Its interests were then taken over by the Copenhagen chapter of the [Danish Women's Society](/source/Danish_Women's_Society).[5]

**Presidents**

- 1889-1891: [Line Luplau](/source/Line_Luplau)
- 1891-1893: [Louise Nørlund](/source/Louise_N%C3%B8rlund)
- 1893-1898: [Nielsine Nielsen](/source/Nielsine_Nielsen)

## See also

- [Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening](/source/Kvindelig_Fremskridtsforening) (Women's Progress Association)

## References

1. Nielsen, Jytte. ["Kampen for stemmeret"](https://kvinfo.dk/kampen-for-stemmeret/) (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

1. ["Referat fra mødet d. 15. februar 1889"](http://www.kvinfo.dk/kilde.php?kilde=122) (in Danish). Kvinfo: from Hvad vi vil, No. 5, 1889. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

1. ["Kvindesagsorganisationerne og valgretsspørgsmålet 1871-1915"](https://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/kvindesagsorganisationerne-og-valgretsspoergsmaalet-1871-1915/) (in Danish). danmarkshistorien.dk. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

1. Vammen, Tinne. ["Louise Nørlund (1854 - 1919)"](http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1085/) (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

1. Hvenegård-Lassen, Helle (2008). [*Sophie Alberti: kvindesagspioner og førstedame i Kvindelig Læseforening*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2cgz-pPVZk4C&pg=PA60). BoD – Books on Demand. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-87-7691-243-7.

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