Scouting in Sweden

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Scouting in Sweden is represented by five national Scout organisations:

Svenska Scoutförbundet (SSF), in English: The Swedish Guide and Scout Association is Sweden's biggest Scouting organization with 63,500 members. The approach of the Scouting section is interreligious.
Svenska Missionskyrkans Ungdom Scout (SMU), commonly known as "SMU Scout" is the Guide and Scout Organization of the Mission Covenant Youth of Sweden and is Sweden's second biggest Scouting organization with 21,000 members.
KFUK-KFUMs Scoutförbund (The Swedish YMCA-YWCA Guide and Scout Association) is Sweden's third biggest scouting association with 12,500 members.
Nykterhetsrörelsens Scoutförbund (NSF), The Temperance Guide and Scout Association is a Scouting organization in Sweden with 5,000 members.
Frälsningsarméns Scoutförbund, (FA Scout; The Salvation Army Guide and Scout Association) is a Scouting association in Sweden with 1,400 members.

These five organisations have come together to form Svenska Scoutrådet (SSR) (in English: The Swedish Guide and Scout Council) which is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Sweden.

Scouting in Sweden was founded in 1908, Guiding followed in 1910. The Swedish Boy Scouts were among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922, the Girl Guides were among the founders of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928.

Today the Svenska Scoutrådet has more than 100,000 members of both sexes. The majority of the country's Scout sections are co-educational; only a few remains Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts only.

1 Emblems
2 Trivia
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Emblems

Svenska Scoutrådet	Frälsningsarméns Scoutförbund	KFUK-KFUMs Scoutförbund	Nykterhetsrörelsens Scoutförbund
Svenska Missionskyrkans Ungdom Scout	Svenska Scoutförbundet

[edit] Trivia

Swedish Scouting has close relations to the Swedish Royal Family: King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is the most prominent member of the Svenska Scoutrådet, and his children are members of the movement as well.

The Swedish Scout motto is: "Var redo!" - "Alltid redo!" (Be Prepared! - Always prepared!)

[edit] See also

Scouting Portal

[edit] External links

Svenska Scoutförbundet - ssf.scout.se (Svenska Scoutförbundet official site - Swedish)
SMU Scout (Svenska Missionskyrkans Ungdom Scout official site - Swedish)
KFUK-KFUMs Scoutförbund - Sweden (KFUK-KFUMs Scoutförbund official site - Swedish)
NSF.Scout.se (Nykterhetsrörelsens Scoutförbund official site - Swedish)
FA Scout (Frälsningsarméns Scoutförbund official site - Swedish
Svenska Scoutrådet Official Homepage
English information on SSR