Bengt Junker Explained

Bengt Junker
Birth Date:21 June 1913
Nationality:Swedish
Known For:Scouting notable

Bengt Junker (21 June 1913 – 18 February 1970 Stockholm)[1] was a Swedish Scouting notable,[2] head of the Sveriges Scoutförbund from 1951 to 1956 and from 1958 to 1966.[3] In 1951 he succeeded Lennart Bernadotte, and in 1958 he succeeded Gösta Lewenhaupt.[4] He was the last Scout manager of Sveriges Scoutförbund, and became the first chairman of the Svenska Scoutförbundet, formed by the merger of the Sveriges Scoutförbund and the Sveriges Flickors Scoutförbund.[5] Junker was also instrumental in the start of the Swedish Scout Association's college, when in 1960 Vingåker Municipality sold Kesätters Castle to Sveriges Scoutförbund.

He was a 1949 recipient of the Silver Wolf, the highest commendation in Swedish Scouting.

Notes and References

  1. [:sv:Sveriges dödbok|Sveriges dödbok]
  2. John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 271
  3. Web site: Scouthistoria i årtal . 2016-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171109130816/http://scouthistoria.ssf.scout.se/scouthistoria/artal.htm . 2017-11-09 . dead .
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021407/http://scouthistoria.ssf.scout.se/amk/tidningsklippr/1951_bengt_junker.pdf . 2016-11-09 . dead .
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325080635/http://scouthistoria.ssf.scout.se/amk/protokoll/ssfstartori1960.pdf . 2016-03-25 . dead .