Axel Axgil is a Danish gay activist who, together with his partner Eigil and several friends, founded the Association of 1948, Denmark’s first gay rights organization. They were inspired by the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights.
Axel Axgil was also the co-founder of the International Homosexual World Organization in 1954. Denmark was the first country in the world to recognize registered partnerships for same-sex couples, and in 1989 Axel Axgil became the first man in the world to enjoy the privilege of having his love for his male partner Eigil Axgil (1922-1995) declared legal.