across the country. Vagn Christensen — a high school teacher in the period 1936–1940 at Grundtvigs Højskole located at Frederiksværksgade 119, who had previously been on the first Danish gymnastics team sent abroad to perform — noticed an interest in the local community and the idea of establishing a sport club, using the school's old, little gym hall as a base, grew in the fall of 1936. To get a better feeling of the local interest, Vagn Christensen and a small group of initiative takers invited a wide range of interested parties for the first real meeting, which was held on 12 December 1936 at Frederiksborg Højskole (since 1937 known as Grundtvig Højskole). Due to the huge interest present at the meeting, a decision was immediately made to form a work group, consisting of Niels Jensen, Oskar Petersen, Marie Madsen, Martin Petersen and Linda Sørensen, who were tasked to design the new laws and just one day later call for an additional founding meeting of a new gymnastics club. The club was officially founded on 11 January 1937 at the club's first general assembly meeting held at Grundtvig Højskole and was named Ullerød Gymnastik Forening (abbreviated UGF), reflecting the club's location at the district of Ullerød in the western part of Hillerød and the primary sport activity among its members. Dairy worker Niels Jensen became the club's first chairman. A few months after the foundation, the gymnastics season for the club's three first teams was over. With spring approaching, the board recognized the need for outdoor sports activities during the summer months for its male members and in May 1937, association football and handball was added to the club's repertoire. In the first season, one men's association football team was created. In 1940, Ullerød GF moved in to their first club house located at Frejasvej, containing a small meeting room on the ground floor and a changing room on the first floor, next to an association football field, that was also used for (outdoor) handball. Athletics became part of the sports club in 1938 or 1939. As a consequence of the new sport activities being included, a reorganisation was decided by the board in 1941, that created five independent sports departments (for athletics, gymnastics for women, gymnastics for men, handball and association football) and one unifying main organisation. At the 25 years anniversary, the club had approximately 800 members, where