The Danish shooting movement was a movement in that started in Denmark around the 1860s after inspiration from the National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom (NRA UK)[1] which had been founded in 1859 to provide voluntary firearms training for the purpose of national defense.
"The Fatherland") 19 January 1861 where he gave his support to the shooting movement and sparked an interest in the Danish people.
[citation needed] The article resulted in a committee being appointed, which merely a month after the article had been published gave a recommendation to create shooting associations in all parts of Denmark with the goal of providing the Danish population with rifle shooting training.
[citation needed] In Denmark, in particularly many rifle clubs were created after 1864 following the defeat in the Second Schleswig War.
In 1930, DDS again changed its name, this time to De Danske Skytte-, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger (DDSG&I, the Danish Shooting, Gymnastics and Sports Associations).
[10] In November 1992, the new association the Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI) was founded by merging De Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger (DDGU) and De Danske Skytte-, Gymnastik- og Idrætsforeninger (DDSG&I).