Scouting In Sweden: The Swedish Guide And Scout Association
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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 Swedish Guide And Scout Association
(Svenska Scoutf|rbundet - SSF)
Founded 1912, 82000 members in 635 groups.
The Swedish Guide And Scout Association is a non-political organization, which
runs scout activities for children, young people and adults, from 7 years of
age and upwards.
There are five sections of scouting, both boys and girls take part in all
five. The shirt is medium blue with a white (or the group's colour) scarf
that is worn underneath the collar.
Beaver scouts (7 yrs)
Minior scouts (8-9 yrs)
Junior scouts (10-11 yrs)
Patrol scouts (12-14 yrs)
Senior scouts (15-18 yrs)
Members over 18 years old are leaders and can also form a rover scout unit.
There are about 150 sea scout troops along our coasts.
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