Scouting In Sweden: The Swedish Guide And Scout Council
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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 Council
(Svenska Scoutr}det - SSR)
http://www.scout.se/
From: abw@mango.mef.ki.se (Anders Wennerberg)
This is a co-operative body for the Swedish Guide and Scout associations.
Over the years it had developed co-operative bodies for boy- as well as girl
scouting in Sweden, and after the merge to co-educational associations a joint
committee was formed in 1968 origin from these two bodies - The Swedish Guide
and Scout Union, with the working title The Swedish Guide and Scout Council.
In 1982 the name was changed to be solely The Swedish Guide and Scout Council.
SSR is a member of WAGGGS and WOSM.
The Swedish Guide and Scout Council deal with most international matters as
well as joint questions and projects concerning the five associations (~150000
members). All five associations have mixed boys and girls and they have
their own leadership training within their own organisations, through the
local troop, on a district level, on a regional level and on a national level.
Trefoil/Gilwell courses are arranged every year. Leaders are from almost all
age groups. It is usual that a group has leaders of quite different age.
Leaders are both old scouts and parents. I believe there is a majority of
non-parents. It is not a tradition that parents follow their kids through the
different age groups; instead they tend to stay in the same age group a number
of years. There is no notion of ranks (like Star, Life, Eagle as in the BSA)
in any of the scouting associations. There are however merit badges. The
scout uniform differs in the five associations. Usually half uniform is worn
- shirt and scarf. The Gilwell scarf is the same for the five associations
and is worn over the collar.
Amongst other things, in Stockholm, G|teborg (Gothenburg) and Malm| there are
Reception Teams to receive and help you with contacts into the country.
Contact The Swedish Guide and Scout Council before you come to Sweden.
(Some facts of Sweden - almost 9 million people in Sweden, the biggest towns
are Stockholm - capital of Sweden, G|teborg (Gothenburg) and Malm|, Sweden is
measuring 1574 km (977 miles) from max. south-north, 499 km (310 miles) max.
east-west and the total surface area is 449964 km^2 (173731 sq.miles), from
south to north by road ~2100 km (~1305 miles). Sweden is a country with an
extensive coastline, a very nice archipelago, woods, countryside, mountains
and alp scenery.)
The council also represents Swedish guiding and scouting in the world
associations and other members countries as well as other organizations,
authorities and keeping in contact with the public.
Postal address: Visiting address:
Svenska Scoutr}det Igeldammsgatan 22
P.O. Box 49005 Stockholm
S-100 28 Stockholm Telephone: + 46 (0)8 650 35 35
Sweden Telefax: + 46 (0)8 653 07 43
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