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The Guides and Scouts of Norway

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Speiderne i Norge
former name (2003-2022)Speidernes fellesorganisasjon (Spf)
CountryNorway
Founded2003
Membership32,000
LandssjefAnne Sjømæling
ViselandssjefThorbjørn Geirbo
AffiliationWorld Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Organization of the Scout Movement
Website
http://www.scout.no/
 Scouting portal

The Guides and Scouts of Norway (Norwegian: Speiderne i Norge)[1] is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Norway, founded in 2003 as "Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon". 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)[2] and 14,443 Guides (as of 2008).[3]

The federation has actual two independent member associations:

National jamborees

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The federation will host its first joint National Jamboree, landsleir,[4] in July 2025, in Gjøvik.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Speiderne i Norge" [Scouts of Norway] (in Norwegian). 2024-10-16. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. ^ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  3. ^ "33rd World Conference Document No. 11" (PDF). World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  4. ^ "Speidernes landsleir 2025" [Scouts' National Jamboree 2025]. Speidernes landsleir (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  5. ^ "Dei norske speidarforbunda er klare for sin første felles landsleir" [Norwegian Scout associations are ready for their first joint National Jamboree] (in Norwegian Nynorsk). 2025-07-02. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  6. ^ Ullaland, Paula Jee (2025-07-04). "På eventyr med speidarar frå heile verda" [On an adventure with scouts from all over the world]. Nationen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-07-06.
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