It was created by the two high schoolers Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller and promoter Carl Fischer, and inspired by festivals and youth gatherings like Newport, Isle of Wight and Woodstock. The first Roskilde Festival was held on 28 and 29 August 1971, originally named the Sound Festival. The Orange Stage used by Rolling Stones at Knebworth Fair in 1976, before it was acquired by Roskilde Festival. Most festival visitors are Danes, but there are also many visitors from elsewhere, especially the other Scandinavian countries and Germany. The Roskilde Festival was Denmark's first music-oriented festival created for hippies, and today covers more of the mainstream youth from Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. In 2014, the Roskilde Foundation provided festival participants with the opportunity to nominate and vote upon which organizations should receive funds raised by the festival. In 1972, the festival was taken over by the Roskilde Foundation, which has since run the festival as a non-profit organization for development and support of music, culture and humanism. It was created in 1971 by two high school students and a promoter. It is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and the largest in the Nordic countries. The Roskilde Festival is a Danish music festival held annually south of Roskilde.

Mogens Sandfær, Jesper Switzer Møller (at that time Magnussen), and promoter Carl Fischer Rock, pop, electronic, reggae, hip hop, worldįour days, starting from first Wednesday in July, or last Wednesday in June with a 4-day warm-up Annual music festival in Roskilde, Denmark

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