The disastrous results of collisions between Denmark and Great Britain during the Napoleonic wars (1801-1814) and the economic distress which followed the loss of Norway (1814) made the period 1809-1825 an unfavorable one for educational reforms, and yet the efforts of the Danish government to introduce gymnastics into the curriculum of the schools did not stop altogether with provision for the training of teachers. An ordinance of November 7, 1809, stated in general that grammar or secondary schools (“_de lærde Skoler_”) should furnish instruction in gymnastics “when and where it was possible” to do so. In the school code of 1814 gymnastics was made an integral part of the course for boys in all elementary schools (_Folkeskoler_)—nearly three decades before any other European country took such action. Wherever the teacher possessed the requisite ability he was to give his pupils a daily lesson in gymnastics, outside of school hours proper, and for this purpose every school must have the necessary apparatus and an outdoor space of 800-1200 _Alen_ (3200-4800 square feet). At the _Seminarier_ gymnastics became a required subject under the regulations of 1818, and in 1821 Nachtegall was appointed _Gymnastikdirektør_ (Director of Gymnastics), with oversight of both civil and military gymnastics throughout the state. But with here and there a notable exception, the result of so much favorable legislation left much to be desired. Teachers were most of them without training, hard times interfered with the purchase of grounds and apparatus, and appreciation of the importance of school gymnastics as a pedagogical measure was by no means general.