The
Scout
Scout may refer to:
Youth movement
*Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement
** Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom
** Scouts BSA, sect ...
and
Guide
A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom.
Travel and recreation
Exp ...
movement in
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
consists of about ten different associations. Most of them are members of two large federations, but there are also some independent organizations. Affiliated to Danish Scouting and Guiding are the organizations in
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
, on the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...
and in
Southern Schleswig
Southern Schleswig ( or ', ; ) is the southern half of the former Duchy of Schleswig in Germany on the Jutland Peninsula. The geographical area today covers the large area between the Eider river in the south and the Flensburg Fjord in the no ...
.
Scouting in Denmark started in 1909. Danish Scouts were among the charter members of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...
(WOSM), Danish Guides among the founding members of the
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association that supports Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 153 countries. It was established in the year 1928 in Parád, H ...
(WAGGGS).
Girl Guiding in Denmark consists of girls only, while some WAGGGS countries allow boys to be included.
De grønne pigespejdere is the only association for girls only - all the other organisations are mixed boys and girls. 'Boy Scout' and 'Girl Guide' are both translated to the Danish 'Spejder'. As of 2003 there were 22090 girls involved in Denmark in Girl Guides.
Scout and Guide organizations
* Spejderne,
The Danish Scout Council
The Danish Scout Council (DSC; , formerly ''Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere'', FDD) is the national Scouting federation of Denmark. Scouting was founded in Denmark in 1909 and it was among the charter members of WOSM in 1920. Denmark ...
(47,475 members), member of WOSM. All scout associations with boys are members:
**
Danske Baptisters Spejderkorps (Danish Baptist Guide and Scout Association)
**
Det Danske Spejderkorps
The Danish Scout Council (DSC; , formerly ''Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere'', FDD) is the national Scouting federation of Denmark. Scouting was founded in Denmark in 1909 and it was among the charter members of World Organization of t ...
(The Danish Guide and Scout Association), with
***
Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig
The Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig (DSS, Danish Scouts Corps in South Schleswig) is a Scout association of the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Euro ...
(Danish Scout Association of Southern Schleswig)
**
Kalaallit Nunaanni Spejderit Kattufiat - Grønlands Spejderkorps (Greenland Scout Association)
**
Føroya Skótaráð (Faroese Scout Council), with
*** ''Føroya Skotasamband'' (Faroese Scout Association)
*** ''KFUM-Skotarnir i Føroyum'' (YMCA-Scouts of the Faroe Islands), with
**** ''Skótalið Frelsunarhersins'' (Salvation Army Scouts)
**
KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark (YMCA-Scouts of Denmark), with
*** ''Metodistkirkens Spejdere i Danmark'' (Methodist Scouts of Denmark)
*
Pigespejdernes Fællesråd Danmark (Joint Committee of Girl Guides in Denmark, 22,090 members), member of WAGGGS. All scout/guide associations with girls are members:
** ''Danske Baptisters Spejderkorps''
**
De grønne pigespejdere (The Green Girl Guides - YWCA)
** ''Det Danske Spejderkorps'', with
*** ''Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig''
** ''Føroya Skótaráð'', with
*** ''Føroya KFUK Skótar'' (Faroese YWCA-Scouts)
*** ''Føroya Skótasamband''
** ''Kalaallit Nunaanni Spejderit Kattufiat - Grønlands Spejderkorps''
* Sct. Georgs Gilderne i Danmark (The National Scout and Guide Fellowship of Denmark, 7,000 members), affiliated to
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 ...
* ''Adventistspejderne'' (Adventist Scouts), affiliated to
Pathfinders International
* ''
De Gule Spejdere i Danmark - Baden-Powell spejderne'', member of the
World Federation of Independent Scouts
The World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) is a non-governmental international Scouting organization with over 7 million members in 151 affiliated Scout organizations in 65 countries. WFIS was formed in Laubach, Germany
Germany, ...
International Scouting units in Denmark
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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 ...
, served by 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 ...
in Copenhagen
*
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
* Polish Scouting and Guiding, served by
ZHP pgK (ZHP aboard)
Scout-like organizations
*
Bnei Akiva
Bnei Akiva (, , "Children of Akiva") is the largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world, with over 125,000 members in 42 countries. It was first established in Mandatory Palestine in 1929, advocating the values of Torah and labor.
Bne ...
, Zionist youth organization
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DUI-Leg og Virke, socialist youth organization
*
Frivilligt Drenge- og Pige-Forbund (Voluntary Boy and Girl Association)
*
Royal Rangers
Assemblies of God youth organizations include two youth organizations operating under the auspices of the Assemblies of God, the Royal Rangers and the Mpact Girls Clubs (formerly known as the Missionettes).
Royal Rangers
Royal Rangers is an ad ...
Danmark
See also
*
Ungdomsøen
References
Youth organizations based in Denmark
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