Bengt Junker (21 June 1913 – 18 February 1970

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) was a Swedish

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notable, head of the Sveriges Scoutförbund from 1951 to 1956 and from 1958 to 1966. In 1951 he succeeded

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, and in 1958 he succeeded Gösta Lewenhaupt. He was the last Scout manager of Sveriges Scoutförbund, and became the first chairman of the

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, formed by the merger of the Sveriges Scoutförbund and the Sveriges Flickors Scoutförbund. Junker was also instrumental in the start of the Swedish Scout Association's college :sv:Kjesäters Folkhögskola, when in 1960

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sold Kesätters Castle to Sveriges Scoutförbund. He was a 1949 recipient of the '' Silver Wolf'', the highest commendation in Swedish Scouting.

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Scouting and Guiding in Sweden 1913 births 1970 deaths {{Sweden-bio-stub