"Han havde opdaget sit formål."

Translation: He had discovered his purpose.

[Jenny65689]

Should it not accept 'goal' here as well?

[Magda835502]

I feel both 'goal' and 'aim' should be accepted.

[leoburca]

Og det var begyndelsen af en opfyldt liv!

[0serek0]

Et* :)

[DonKing12]

hans formål var at passere smør

[FLchick]

Is this a reference to "The Jerk"?

[thor.dk]

This is a strange (existentialist philosophic?) sentence. When something has a "formål" it means that this "something" has a purpose, i.e. to help or to make something else possible (i.e. add new generations to the world). Language has "formål". Tools have "formål". "Formål" is means to ends and thus different from "mål" and "målsætning" (= aim, objective, goal)