Danish Brotherhood in America

[1] A period report said of the Danish Brotherhood, "This is by far the strongest and most influential secular organization about the Danes in America.

In January 1882, five of these societies met in a convention in Omaha and decided to form an ethnic fraternal order that would offer benefits to its members as well as preserving Danish culture and traditions.

[7] In 1897, it was reported to have 10,000 members in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, California and Washington.

In addition to fraternal benefits members of this group competed to attend a summer jamboree.

[15] At a convention in Milwaukee in September 1919, the Brotherhood unanimously agreed to a new benefits plan that would put the organization on a 100% solvent basis.