The (shortened to Kvinde-DM, or simply DM) is a women's association football league tournament in Denmark, comprising the top three nation-wide semi-professional and amateur divisions of the Danish football league system. The women's national league system was established by the Danish FA in 1975, following the discontinuation of the end-of-the season knock-out tournament format for the women's national championship after two editions (1973–1974). The first season, , involved twenty teams — that had qualified through the regional football league championships — split equally into two geographically divided groups with the two group winners progressing to a national championship final. A combined nation-wide first division was introduced in 1981, a second division was implemented in 1993 a