Bengt Junker

Bengt Junker
Born	(1913-06-21)21 June 1913
Died	18 February 1970(1970-02-18) (aged 56)
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 sv:Kjesäters Folkhögskola, 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.

References

1. Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009, DVD-ROM, Version 5.00, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2010): Junker, Bengt
2. John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 271
3. "Scouthistoria i årtal". Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

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