Kvindevalgretsforeningen

{{short description|Danish women's organization}}

File:Marie Luplau - Fra Kvindevalgretskampens første dage (1897),.jpg's large group portrait painting From the Early Days of the Fight for Women's Suffrage (1897).]]

Kvindevalgretsforeningen (KVF), or the Women's Suffrage Association, was a Danish organization established by Line Luplau in 1889 specifically to promote 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. The first meeting was held on 15 February 1889 with 1,500 participants. In addition to Luplau, Louise Nørlund and Johanne Meyer, there were also some prominent gentlemen in the audience, including Fredrik Bajer and Jens Christian Hostrup.{{cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/kilde.php?kilde=122|title=Referat fra mødet d. 15. februar 1889|publisher=Kvinfo: from Hvad vi vil, No. 5, 1889|accessdate=13 February 2019 |language=Danish}}

After the death of Luplau in 1891, interest in the organization diminished.{{cite web|url=https://kvinfo.dk/kampen-for-stemmeret/|title=Kampen for stemmeret|author=Nielsen, Jytte|publisher=Kvinfo|accessdate=13 February 2019 |language=Danish}}{{cite web|url=https://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/kvindesagsorganisationerne-og-valgretsspoergsmaalet-1871-1915/|title=Kvindesagsorganisationerne og valgretsspørgsmålet 1871-1915|publisher=danmarkshistorien.dk|accessdate=13 February 2019 |language=Danish}}

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 then took over the presidency until 1898 when the organization was dissolved.{{cite web |author=Vammen, Tinne |author-link=Tinne Vammen |title=Louise Nørlund (1854 - 1919) |url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1085/ |accessdate=13 February 2019 |publisher=Kvinfo |language=Danish}} Its interests were then taken over by the Copenhagen chapter of the Danish Women's Society.{{cite book|last=Hvenegård-Lassen|first=Helle|title=Sophie Alberti: kvindesagspioner og førstedame i Kvindelig Læseforening|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cgz-pPVZk4C&pg=PA60|year=2008|publisher=BoD – Books on Demand|isbn=978-87-7691-243-7|pages=60–}}

;Presidents:

• 1889-1891: Line Luplau
• 1891-1893: Louise Nørlund
• 1893-1898: Nielsine Nielsen