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[[File:axelaxgil.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Axel Axgil]]

==Country==

Denmark

==Birth - Death==

1915 - 2011

==Occupation==

Activist

==Description==

Part of the first gay couple, with [[Eigil Axgil]], to enter a civil partnership anywhere in the world when Denmark legalized same-sex partnership registration in 1989.  They themselves worked at getting such legislation passed.  One of the founders of F-48 or Forbundet af 1948 (The Association of 1948), Denmark's first gay rights organization. Launched a magazine, Vennen (The Friend).

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/axel-axgil-gay-activist-who-pioneered-civil-partnerships-6256339.html
* http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/world/europe/axel-axgil-danish-advocate-for-gay-rights-dies-at-96.html?_r=0
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lge9R4zbSP0


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