page_title: Hillerød Fodbold
section_title: Ullerød GF (1937–1968)
hierarchical_section_title: Hillerød Fodbold / History / Ullerød GF (1937–1968)
caption_attribution_description: English: Advertisement for the 10 years anniversary event for the Ullerød Gymnastikforening - Ullerød Gymnastikforening&#160;: afholder sin 10-aarige Jubilæumsfest&#160;: med stort Sportsstævne, som afholdes paa Banen ved Kirkegaards-&#160;: vej Søndag den 29. Juni.&#160;: FODBOLD: Kl. 10,30: Gadevang 4 Junior-Ullerød 4 Junior. Kl. 11,45: F.I.F. 2 Junior-Ullerød 2 Junior. Kl. 13,30: 1908 Kbhvn.-Ullerød A Hold. Kl. 15,15: Fredensborg A-Hold-Ullerød B Hold. Dommer: Erhardt Jensen, Helsingør.&#160;: HAANDBOLD. Følgende Klubber deltager: Helsingør, Nr. Herlev, Tjæreby, Hammersholt, Lillerød, F.I.F. og Ullerød. Dommer: Axel Christensen, Lillerød.&#160;: Paa Banen forefindes Skydefelt, Is, Sodavand og Kager. 3641&#160;: Kl. 18,30: Fælles Kaffebord og Bal paa Hotel »Leidersdorff«&#160;- Otto Nielsens 5 Mands Orkester. Bestyrelsen.
context_page_description: Hillerød Fodbold is a Danish association football club, located in the district of Ullerød in the western part of Hillerød, that is an independent men's football department of the sports club, Hillerød Gymnastik- og Idrætsforening. The club is playing their home games at Hillerød Stadium at either the exhibition ground, that can hold 5,000 standing spectators or at a fenced football field, that can hold approx. 1,500 spectators and features 240 seats. After having been founded as a multi-sports club under the name Ullerød Gymnastikforening in 1937, the club changed their name to Hillerød G&IF in 1968. With the introduction of a women's football department in 1970, the men's football department was then referred to as Hillerød GI Herrefodbold until 2009, when the senior men's team was renamed Hillerød Fodbold.
  A slow ascent from the lower regional league levels started in the 1970s, reaching the highest regional division, Zealand Series, in 1977, and the highest amateur league, Denmark Series, in 1992.
context_section_description: During the 1920s, the Danish trade union movement had introduced a new work day structure, consisting of eight hours of work with six weekly work days (compared to the previous situation of 10-12 work hours with 6-7 work days per week), which was a noticeable change, giving the Danes a lot of extra spare time and starting a wave of health interest 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 500 members were attached to the gymnastics department, which at the time was one of Zealand's largest departments membership wise.
  During the early mid 1960s, the local politicians at the city and parish councils expressed their wishes for a merger between Ullerød GF and Frederiksborg IF in connection with the upcoming merger in 1966 between the local municipalities; the central Hillerød Købstadskommune and the surrounding Frederiksborg Slotssogns Kommune and Nørre Herlev Kommune, but the proposal for the club merger was eventually rejected with a large majority by the board and members.
  Up until the 1960s, the then small football department did not draw great attention to itself, playing in the lower ranking regional leagues, primarily the SBU's A-række, with players such as Edvin Nilsson, Svend A. Nielsen og Charly Hansen as the most prominent names in the club's first thirty years. In the 1966/67-season of the Danish Cup, the club reached the first proper round under the Danish FA for the first time, where it was defeated 4–0 by Kastrup BK, while reaching the SBU's Serie 1 in 1967 following two consecutive promotions.
caption: Newspaper advertisement for the club's 10 years anniversary event in 1947.
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