The Guides and Scouts of Norway () is the national
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 federation of
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 ...
, founded in 2003. It took over the
WOSM membership of
Norges Speiderforbund and the
WAGGGS membership of the
Fellesrådet for speiderpiker i Norge. ''Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon'' serves 17,348 Scouts (as of 2011)
and 14,443 Guides (as of 2008).
The federation has actual two independent member associations:
*
Norges Speiderforbund (Norwegian Guide and Scout Association)
*
Norges KFUK-KFUM-speidere (YWCA-YMCA Guides and Scouts of Norway)
References
External links
Official website
{{WAGGGS, europe
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations
World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations
Scouting and Guiding in Norway
Organizations established in 2003
2003 establishments in Norway