This study aims to investigate and describe the direction of the ideological development of the Swedish Gymnastics association Gymniska Förbundet. Between 1928 and 1932, this organization transformed from a purely Gymnastic and cultural association into an influential platform for the production of Swedish nationalist ideology. Based on theories of National Socialism?s formation within modern society, the analysis focus on the conditions regulating Gymniska Förbundets relation to modernity. Thus the study examines the association?s ideas in relationship to the concept of modernity.