Svenska Scoutrådet

Svenska Scoutrådet
Swedish Guide and Scout Council
Headquarters	Instrumentvägen 19
Location	Stockholm
Country	Sweden
Founded	1961
Defunct	2013

Svenska Scoutrådet (The Swedish Guide and Scout Council, SSR) was until 2012 the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Sweden. The council was dissolved in September 2013, after a restructuring process creating the new single national Scout association, Scouterna (The Guides and Scouts of Sweden).

Scouting in Sweden was founded in 1908, Guiding followed in 1910. The Swedish Boy Scouts were among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922, the Girl Guides were among the founders of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928.

The members of the Swedish Scouting federation were:

Since 2012 all of the member organizations have been incorporated into Scouterna.

Old Svenska Scoutrådet logo

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Svenska Scoutförbundet (SSF) (English: The Swedish Guide and Scout Association) founded in 1909, was Sweden's largest Scouting organization with 55,000 members. Their approach to Scouting was interreligious. Headquarter were in Tellusborgsvägen 94, .

Vässarö is a Scout camp site located on the island of Vässarö (sometimes Vässarön or Wessarö) in the archipelago of Öregrund.

Vässarö was long used for farming but was bought in 1936 by sea captain Ragnar Westin, who planned to use it for his retirement. But in 1942 his ship was torpedoed and he died. In his will he stated that the island was to be donated to the Scout Group of Stockholm.

In 1956 the first confirmation camp for Boy Scouts was held. The first camp for Girl Guides was 1966.