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125 år - 1881-2006

Holger Tornøe var omkring 20 år da han fik ideen til FDF. Han blev født 15. februar 1881 på Frederiksberg hvor han boede sammen med sine forældre og en søster på Monradsvej (nu hedder den Sylows Allé). Hans far var kunstmaler lige som hans moder, faderen hed Wenzel Tornøe.

De første møder i FDF blev afholdt, da Holger Tornøe i 1902 indbød folk fra den lokale menighed og KFUM til et orienterende møde om sin ide med FDF. Holger Tornøe gik i Schneekloth latin- og realskole, hvor han som 16 årig tog eksamen og begyndte så på en uddannelsen som arkitekt.

Han startede i en studiekreds om missionsarbejde, hvor to af hans gode venner også var med, bl.a. Ludvig Valentiner, som senere blev hans medarbejder i FDF. Det gode samvær i studiekredsen inspirerede Tornøe meget, og en dag gik han til sin præst i Sct Lukas kirke, Holger Ostenfeldt (senere biskop over Sjælland og senere den første biskop over København) for at bede om hans råd og hjælp til at blive missionær.

Ostenfeldt gav ham det råd at han skulle prøve kræfter i en søndagsskoleklasse i sit sogn, Sct Lukas sogn og at gennemføre sin uddannelse til arkitekt.

Arbejdet i søndagsskoleklassen gav Tornøe problemer. De store drenge kunne ikke sidde stille og lytte til forkyndelsen, men ville meget hellere spille fodbold uden for huset, hvor møderne i søndagsskolen blev holdt. Det gav Tornøe den ide at gøre noget mere aktivt for drengene, og han inviterede dem hjem og viste dem blandt andet sin samling af udstoppede fugle og krybdyr i sprit og foreslog dem at tage med på tur i Søndermarken den følgende lørdag. Det var noget drengene kunne lide, og mange af disse drenge blev da også de første medlemmer i den forening, som Tornøe nu havde i tankerne.

I 1901, da Tornøe var 20 år, tog hans far ham med på en rejse til Italien. Her i Rom så han et stort antal drenge, der i et anlæg legede og spillede bold. Senere marcherede de hen til en kirke.
Det gav ham inspiration, og han begyndte at sætte sine ideer på skrift, i et kollegiehæfte. Hjemme igen på Frederiksberg renskrev han sine ideer, og i dag findes dettte hæfte på Rigsarkivet i København. Det er det man nok vil kalde FDFs dåbsattest, hæftet kan også ses i kopi på Den historiske Samling på Sletten og på FDF-museet i Randers.

FDF betyder i dag Frivillig Drenge og pige Forbund, men oprindeligt stod det for Frivillig Drengeforbund Frederiksberg.

Holger Tornø døde i 1967, 86 år gammel. Så man må sige at han så sin idé, slå an og bare vokse og vokse.

Cachen er en plastikboks med logbog, blyant og bytteting

Cachen er placeret syd for Æblegården og FDFs historiske center, hvor man kan se mange af Holger Tornøs ting, bl.a. de tegneredskaber han tegnede og skabte FDFs forbundsskjold med.

Cachen er lagt på Sletten i forbindelse med afholdelse af:

125 year anniversary - 1881-2006

Holger Tornøe was about 20 years old when he got the idea for the FDF. FDF is the parallel to the Boys Brigade in the UK. He was born the 15.th of February 1881 on Frederiksberg where he lived together with his parents and a sister at Monradsvej (now Sylows Allé). His father was an art-painter like his mother. His fathers name was Wenzel Tornøe.

The first meetings in FDF was held when Holger Tornøe in 1902 invited people from the local congregation and KFUM (eng: YMCA) for an explanatory meeting about his ideas for FDF. Holger Tornøe was a student of Schneekloth latin- and realskole, where he took his exams at the age of 16. After that, he began to study to bean architect.

He started in a study group about missionary work, where two of his good friends also were involved, these were Ludvig Valentiner, which later became his associate in FDF. The good spirit in this study group inspired Tornøe a lot, and one day he went to his priest in the Sct. Lucas church, Holger Ostenfeldt (the later bishop of Seeland, and later again the first bishop of Copenhagen.) to ask for advice and the help to become a missionaire.

Ostenfeldt gave him the advice, to start in Sunday classes in his own parish, Sct. Lukas parish and finish his education as an architect.

The work at the Sunday classes gave some problems to Tornøe. The grown- up boys could not sit calmly and listen to the words of God, but wanted to play football outside the house where the meetings were held. This gave Tornøe the idea of some more action for the boys and he invited them home and showed them his collection of stuffed birds and preserved reptiles. And suggested that they should go for a walk in the nearby park, Søndermarken, on the following Saturday. This was something the boys would like.

I n 1901, when Tornøe was 20 years, his father took him on a journey to Italy. In Rome he saw a big number of boys playing football and playing in a big park. Later they marched to a local church. This gave him the inspiration, and he began to put his ideas in writing, in a notebook. Home again at Frederiksberg he rewrote his ideas, and these first notes can be found in the Danish National Archives in Copenhagen (Rigsarkivet). This is what you would call the birth certificate of FDF. A copy of these notes can be seen at the historical collection at "Sletten" and at the FDF museum in Randers.

FDF means Frivillig Drenge og pige Forbund (voluntary Boys association). But originally it was an abbriviation for Frivillig Drengeforbund Frederiksberg. Where the last word was the name of this city: Frederiksberg.

Holger died in 1967, 86 years old. You can say that he saw an idea, gave birth to it, and saw it grew.

The cache is a rubberbox with logbook, pencil and items

Cachen is placed soud of Æblegården and FDFs historycald center.

Cachen is placed on Sletten on the camp: