Undertaking the creation of a Danish Canadian Umbrella Organization
The story of the Danish Brotherhood in Winnipeg in the 2019 Heritage Book is an account of the efforts to create a national umbrella organization for the Danes in Canada. The Danish Brotherhood in Winnipeg was formed in 1913, prior to the outbreak of the First World War. From the beginning the aim of the Winnipeg Lodge was to establish lodges across Canada, and in 1929, it established a Danish Brotherhood Lodge in Toronto. In 1931 the Lodge Dansk Samarbejde i Canada (Danish Cooperation in Canada) was founded in Calgary. Its aim was to promote cooperation among the various Danish organizations in Canada. The following year Odin Kuntze, a Danish editor who had recently arrived in Canada, launched the newspaper Danske Herold, a paper with a mission. Right from the time it was launched the quest for a national Danish Canadian umbrella organization was addressed and discussed in every issue of his newspaper. In 1933 Odin Kuntze started travelling across Canada to promote what he called Dansk Canadisk Samfund (the Danish Canadian Society). Branches of the Danish Canadian Society were established across Canada and in Calgary and Montreal clubs were amalgamated into the Danish Canadian Society. Like the account of the Danish Brotherhood in Winnipeg, the story of Odin Kuntze and his efforts to establish the Danish Canadian Society as a national umbrella organization is told, accompanied by photos, in the 2019 Heritage Book. - Rolf Buschardt Christensen
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