Bertil Tunje (born 1941) from

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the ...

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, was the vice-chairman of the

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, the main executive body of the

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest international Scouting organization. WOSM has 173 members. These members are recognized national Scout organizations, which collectively have around 43 million participants. WOS ...

. He joined as a member of the World Scout Committee 1985 and was elected as Vice-chairman 1990 and served as that until 1996. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the World Scout Committee 1985 to 1996. Tunje served as a member of the WOSM/

WAGGGS The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, and has its ...

Consultative Committee 1985–1995, World Programme Committee 1985–1990. He was the chairman of the Educational Methods Group 1990-1996 and he was the chairman Strategy Task Force 1996–1999. Tunje joined the scout troop Borås IV Kolonn/Sjömarkens Sjöscoutkår in 1948. He has hold several position in Swedish scouting, he was a member of the board of

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1969–1972, 1977-1984 (vice chairman. 1981–1984) and he was a member of the board of the Swedish Scout Council 1977-1987 and was International Commissioner for

Swedish Scouting Scouting and Guiding in Sweden is represented by one organisation Scouterna as a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. It was formed in 2012 as the successor to Svenska Scoutrå ...

1978–1987. Tunje was a participant in the

9th World Scout Jamboree The 9th World Scout Jamboree, also known as the Jubilee Jamboree, was held at Sutton Park, Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, for twelve days during August, 1957. The Jamboree marked dual milestones as it was both the 50th an ...

, also known as the Jubilee Jamboree in England 1957. Tunje has in total participated in 11

World Scout Jamboree The World Scout Jamboree is a Scouting jamboree of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, typically attended by several tens of thousands of Scouts from around the world, aged 14 to 17. The first World Scout Jamboree was organized by T ...

s. In 1996 Tunje served as the World Scout Committees contact person for the

World Scout Moot The World Scout Moot is an event for senior branches of Scouting (traditionally called Rover Scout, Rovers) and other young adult Scouts, gathering up to 5,000 people. Moots provide an opportunity for young adults in Scouting to meet, with the o ...

in Sweden. Tunje was in 1979 awarded the Swedish Gustav Adolfs-märket, in 1983 was he awarded the Swedish Silver Wolf Award (number 119) the highest award in Swedish scouting, and In 1996, was Tunje he awarded the 255th ''

Bronze Wolf The Bronze Wolf Award is bestowed by the World Scout Committee (WSC) to acknowledge "outstanding service by an individual to the World Scout Movement". It is the highest honor that can be given a volunteer Scout leader in the world and it is the ...

'', the only distinction of the

, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to World Scouting.

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Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award Scouting and Guiding in Sweden 1941 births Living people {{Sweden-bio-stub