Scouting In Sweden: The Guide And Scout Organisation Of TheSwedish Covenant Youth
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This article is from the Scouting FAQ, by Bill Nelson nelsonb@nospam.aztec.asu.edu, Soaring Golden Eagle eagle@rangernet.org and Alan Houser troop24@emf.net with numerous contributions by others.
Scouting In Sweden: The Guide And Scout Organisation Of TheSwedish Covenant Youth
(Svenska Missionsf|rbundets Ungdom-scout - SMU-scout)
Founded 1931, 35000 members in 545 groups.
The Guide and Scout Organisation of The Swedish Covenant Youth is part of the
activities within youth work of the Swedish Covenant Church.
The program is characterized by traditional scout activities with outdoor
life, questions of faith and moral issues, learning by doing, the patrol
system, international awareness and responsibility, community involvement and
guidance towards a personal Christian faith and life style.
There are four sections of scouting, both boys and girls take part in all
four. The shirt is green with a brick-red scarf that is worn over the collar.
Nying scout don't wear full uniform, just a yellow scarf.
Nying scout (7-9 yrs)
Scout (10-12 yrs)
Teenage (13-15 yrs)
Senior scouts (16-18 yrs)
After 18 years of age you become leader. There is 1 sea scout troop.
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