‘Danish Women Adventurers’ was founded on December 12, 1954 by a group of 29 adventurous women, who among others include an Olympian fencer, Denmark’s first female airplane- and glider certificate holder, a long-distance swimmer, the first woman to own an airplane, and a Greenlandic midwife (“The Queen of Thule”).

Some of us are racecar drivers, mountaineers, motorcyclists, deep-water divers, and big game hunters. Others fight for nature and animals; our doctors save lives around the globe; our journalists report from the world’s hotspots -both from war and from peace; and from the oceans -both above and below the surface. Not to mention our scientists (“Professors of star dust”), geologists, biologists, anthropologists, and of course the writers, musicians, film photographers, nature photographers, event makers, poets, designers, and other artistic souls.

The ‘Women’s Adventure Club’ has the same purpose today as when it was founded in 1954; “In comradeship and under sociable forms, to gather Danish women who have had adventurous experiences, mainly in foreign land, for discoveries and entertainment”. Membership is by invitation only.

Today, the club has 62 members who meet once a month in the club quarters in Nyhavn. We help each other bring the adventure to life. We are a very mixed community of women with completely different backgrounds, age, ideals, dreams, and passions. Our common denominator is that we are constantly exploring, planning, and developing ourselves.