Alfa Tofft

Alfa Tofft (11 January 1911 – 29 July 2004) was a pioneering Danish badminton enthusiast who later became an educator.

After attending the Copenhagen Business College, she worked for the music copyright association KODA which was chaired by her father.

[1] On returning to Denmark, she used her inheritance to build Århus Badmintonhal for the Aarhus Badminton Club which she founded in 1935.

Immediately afterwards, she founded Red Barnet, the Danish branch of Save the Children, which in collaboration with the women's support organization Danske Kvinders Beredskab brought thousands of abandoned children to Denmark from the war-swept countries of Europe.

Tofft is remembered for contributing to the paedagogical side of kindergarten teaching, emphasizing the children's growth and development rather than simply caring for them.