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.
Although having started out as a part of the national defense, the Danish shooting movement in the later years have had a strong focus on sport shooting. The largest sport event Landsstævnet has been held since 1862, and now consists of not only shooting, but also sports like gymnastics, football, badminton, dog agility, lawn bowls, handball and beach volleyball.[2] The Landsstævne is currently held every fourth year, and the last event was set to be held in 2021 at Svendborg. However it was postponed until 2022. The 2025 event will be held at Vejle.[3][4]