Vindrosen (Danish: Compass Card) was a Danish modernist cultural and literary magazine existed between 1954 and 1974. It was one of the Danish publications which improved the cultural journalism in the country.^[1]

Vindrosen was established in 1954^[1][2] as a successor to another cultural magazine Heretica.^[3][4] The magazine was published by the leading Danish company Gyldendal in Copenhagen.^[5]

The focus of Vindrosen was on literary work.^[2] During the 1950s the magazine was under the influence of the writers contributed to Heretica.^[3] However, later it abandoned their views^[6] and cold war approach.^[3] Instead, Vindrosen began to focus on the third world countries.^[3] In addition, it became one of the supporters of modernism and radicalism in the 1960s and 1970s in Denmark.^[2] In the 1960s like other Scandinavian literary magazines Vindrosen adopted the eclectic thinking.^[7] During the same period it also featured criticisms of literature and society.^[6] The magazine closely collaborated with the newspaper Information on these issues.^[6] Around the 1968 student protests the magazine functioned as a platform for the young leftist intellectuals who edited it.^[7] In 1974 Vindrosen ceased publication.^[2][3]

In the 1950s Peter P. Rohde was the editor of Vindrosen.^[8] Then Klaus Rifbjerg^[9] and Villy Sorensen co-edited the magazine.^[10] The former served in the post between 1959 and 1963. In the rest of the 1960s Jess Ørnsbo served in the post.^[11] Niels Barfoed was also among the editors of Vindrosen.^[12]

Poul Vad was one of the contributors of Vindrosen.^[13]