Axel, born
Axel Lundahl-Madsen, and Eigil, born
Eigil Eskildsen, inspired by the
1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights, together with friends, founded
F-48 or
Forbundet af 1948 (The Association of 1948), Denmark's first
gay rights organization.
LGBT Denmark's annual awards show, Danish Rainbow Awards – AXGIL, is named after them. In 2012, it was revealed that in the midst of Germany's
occupation of Denmark during World War II, Eigil had enlisted in the
Waffen-SS in 1943 and served with them until the end of the war. Eigil Axgil was subsequently prosecuted for his Waffen-SS membership after the war but managed to keep it mostly to himself until Axel Axgil, rather reluctantly, confirmed it in his biography which was released in 2012. The revelation thus sparked turmoil and controversy because of the Axgils' contribution to the Danish LGBT community, and calls were made for
LGBT Denmark to strike their surname from the "Danish Rainbow Awards – AXGIL". ==Deaths==