Danish Orienteering Federation Explained

Danish Orienteering Federation
Type:Orienteering federation
Founded Date:1941
Key People:Helge Søgård
Area Served:Denmark
Homepage:http://www.do-f.dk

The Danish Orienteering Federation (Danish: Dansk Orienterings-Forbund; DOF) is the national Orienteering Association in Denmark. It is recognized as the orienteering association for Denmark by the International Orienteering Federation, of which it is a member.[1]

History

The Danish Orienteering Federation was founded in 1941. It was among the ten founding members of the International Orienteering Federation in 1961, and Denmark participated in the first European Orienteering Championships in 1962.[2] Denmark hosted the world championships in 1974,[3] and again in 2006.The Danish male team won gold medals in the relay at the 1997 World Orienteering Championships. Among Danish individual world champions in foot orienteering are Mona Nørgaard and Søren Bobach.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: IOF Member Federations . 2008-06-20 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080618185711/http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?%2Fiof2006%2Fiof%2Fmember_federations%2Fiof_member_federations . 2008-06-18 . dead .
  2. Book: Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år . Knut Berglia . Tom-Erik Brohaug . Kristoffer Staver . Kaare Thuesen . Torgeir Strandhagen . Norwegian . 1987 . Norges Orienteringsforbund. 159, 278 .
  3. Berglia pp. 209, 343