On May 17, 1945, only 12 days after the end of World War II, the Danish newspaper Folketidende called on the city's citizens to make a contribution to erect a memorial to the end of the war in Ringsted. The memorial grove was thus created through cooperation between the city's various citizens.

Bank director Valdorf-Hansen became the collection's treasurer, and Architect Steen Eiler Rasmussen, who had also designed the Town Hall that was inaugurated in 1938, planned the design together with garden architect C. Th. Sørensen. Literature professor Vilhelm Andersen wrote the text. And Chr. Svenstrup's Stone Carving Company carved the text into the large Öland limestone blocks.

The unveiling took place on the anniversary of the liberation, May 5, 1946.

After a foggy morning, the sun broke through as the festivities were about to begin and at 15 p.m. the youth corps with their banners took up positions along Jyllandsgade and the military stood along Sjællandsgade. The memorial stone was covered with a large Dannebrog flag and soldiers stood guard of honor.

Several thousand people flocked to the site, the youth groups planted their flags in front of the stone, and from Falck's emergency vehicle, which was positioned above the stone, Mayor Niels Valdemar Christiansen welcomed them, after which "Fædrene land" was sung.

Former Minister Frode Jacobsen gave the unveiling speech and the stone was unveiled by 4 girls dressed in white, under the leadership of Mayor Christiansen, while the military presented rifles and people sang "King Christian".

Per Winther spoke on behalf of “Fri Ungdoms” and thanked everyone who had helped make this memorial possible. They ended by singing “Der er et yndigt land” (There is a lovely land) and then flowers and wreaths were laid at the stone.

The memorial tablet is dug into the slope and was surrounded by 360 oak trees. The last 3 lines on the stone were only carved by stonemason H. Groth-Hansen after the unveiling.