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Norges Speiderforbund
Norges Speiderforbund
Norwegian Guide and Scout Association
Headquarters St. Olavs gate 25, 0166 Oslo
Country Norway
Founded 1978
Membership 20,000
Affiliation Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon
Website
speiding.no

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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 1910 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.

Structure

As of 2008, NSF had 20,000 members, organised in 29 districts and 6 corps with 450 local groups.

Program

The association is divided into four age-groups:

Ideals

Guide and Scout Law

  1. A Guide and a Scout are open to God and His word.
  2. A Guide and a Scout feel responsibility for themselves and others.
  3. A Guide and a Scout are helpful and considerate.
  4. A Guide and a Scout are a good friend.
  5. A Guide and a Scout are honest and reliable.
  6. A Guide and a Scout know nature and protect it.
  7. A Guide and a Scout think and act on their own and try to understand others.
  8. A Guide and a Scout do their best in hard times and difficulties.
  9. A Guide and a Scout are modest and try to manage on their own.
  10. A Guide and a Scout work for peace and understanding among people.

Guide and Scout promise

I promise, to the best of my ability,
to be open to the word of God,
to help others and
to live according to the Guide and Scout Law.

Scout motto

Alltid Beredt: Always Prepared.

External links


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