Norwegian Guide and Scout Association
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| Norwegian Guide and Scout Association | |||
| Headquarters | St. Olavs gate 25, 0166 Oslo | ||
| Country | Norway | ||
| Founded | 1978 | ||
| Membership | 18,500 | ||
| Affiliation | Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon, WOSM, WAGGGS | ||
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The Norwegian Guide and Scout Association (Norwegian: Norges Speiderforbund, NSF) is a Norwegian Scouting and Guiding association founded in its present form in 1978, when the Norwegian Boy Scout Organization (founded in 1911 and among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922) and the Norwegian Girl Guide Organization (founded in 1921 and an early member of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) merged.
NSF is a member of Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon, the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Norway. NSF is also a member of WOSM and WAGGGS.
Scouting was founded in 1909 and gained recognition by the World Bureau in 1922, as a founding member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.
In 1910, the 1st Christiania Scouts was established as Norway's first Scout group. In 1911 the 2nd Christiania was founded and then in February of the same year, "Norwegian: Norsk Speidergutt-Forbund". This was the beginning of the Scout Movement in Norway.
The head of the Danish Pikespejerforbund came in 1916, at the invitation of Queen Maud to Christiania and gave a lecture, which resulted in a working committee, but no Association. "Norwegian: Norges KFUK-speidere" was founded on 3 November 1920. Association's oldest squad, Trondheim 1 (NSPF) was established on 2 October 1915 in Trondheim. An article in Stavanger Aftenblad 20 April 1910 says that Scout work has already spread to the girls. "Norwegian: Norsk Speiderpikeforbund" official foundation date is 1 July 1921. This is a selected day that marked an association of individual groups and troops.
The 14th World Scout Jamboree in 1975 took place in Norway.
On 23 April 1978 unit Norsk Speidergutt-Forbund (NSF) og Norsk Speiderpikeforbund (NSPF) merged to form the Norges speiderforbund (NSF).
In 1985, Dr. Gisle Johnson was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.
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