Scouting
Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...
and
Guiding in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
is served by the
Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon, a federation of
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Norges Speiderforbund (Norwegian Guide and Scout Association)
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Norges KFUM-KFUK-speidere (YWCA-YMCA Guides and Scouts of Norway).
Old Scouts
*St. Georgs Gildene i Norge, member of
International Scout and Guide Fellowship
The International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF) is a worldwide organization of adults in support of Scouting and Girl Guides, Guiding.
The International Scout and Guide Fellowship is open to former members of the World Association of Girl Gui ...
International Scouting units in Norway
In addition, there are American Boy Scouts in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
, and Norway is in a peculiar position (as is Russia), as American Scouts there may be linked either to the
Direct Service branch of the
Boy Scouts of America
Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Sco ...
, which supports units around the world, or to the Horizon District of the
Transatlantic Council
There have been American Scouts overseas since almost the inception of the movement, often for similar reasons as the present day. Within the Scouting America formerly the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), these expatriate Scouting, Scouts are now se ...
, which supports units in west-and-central Europe, the Near East and North Africa, at the discretion of the individual pack or troop.
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Girlguiding UK
Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association in the United Kingdom, previously named The Girl Guides Association, which was formed in 1910. It is the original Girl Guides organisation in the world and, in 1928, became a founding m ...
, served by
British Guides in Foreign Countries
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Girl Scouts of the USA
Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad.
It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, a year after she ...
, served by USAGSO headquarters
References
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