[1] The organisation was founded in 2004 by Lars Hedegaard, David Gress, Kai Sørlander, Søren Krarup and Jesper Langballe,[2] after Danish PEN objected to admit Hedegaard as a member due to his writings on Islam.
[3] The organisation published an online magazine, Sappho, that was edited by Helle Merete Brix[4] and Katrine Winkel Holm.
[1] Winkel Holm took over as chairman of the organisation in 2014 after Hedegaard was subjected to an assassination attempt.
[5] In 2009, the organisation reprinted the Muhammad cartoon drawn by Kurt Westergaard.
[6] The organisation formerly counted Venstre politician Søren Pind and Conservative politician Naser Khader among its advisory board members, but both left the organisation in 2009 after controversial comments on Muslims by the chairman Lars Hedegaard.