Christian Holm served as President of

Det Danske Spejderkorps The Danish Scout Council (DSC; da, Dansk Spejderråd, formerly ''Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere'', FDD) is the national Scouting federation of Denmark. Scouting was founded in Denmark in 1909 and among the charter members of WOSM in 1 ...

, and host of the

2nd World Scout Jamboree The 2nd World Scout Jamboree was held from August 9 to 17, 1924 and was hosted by Denmark at Ermelunden. Prologue Great Britain held an Imperial Jamboree at Wembley, Middlesex at the beginning of August 1924, in connection with the British Empi ...

, held from August 9 to 17, 1924 at

Ermelunden, Denmark Ermelunden is a small forest in Gentofte, Denmark. It is adjacent to the larger Jægersborg Dyrehave. In 1924 it was the site of the 2nd World Scout Jamboree The 2nd World Scout Jamboree was held from August 9 to 17, 1924 and was hosted by Den ...

2nd World Scout Jamboree

Denmark has a comparatively small Scout population; hence, doubts were expressed beforehand as to whether it would be possible for the Danish Scouts to make a success of the undertaking. The main host was Christian Holm, President of

, whose daughter became known as '' Kim, Friend of all the World''. The three Scouters responsible for the preparation, organization, and administration were very young men, but they made the Jamboree a success. Ove Holm, later to become Chief Scout of Det Danske Spejderkorps, was the Organizing Secretary and administrator;

Jens Hvass Jens Hvass (8. April 1898 - 23. February 1996) served as the Camp Chief of the 2nd World Scout Jamboree, held from August 9 to 17, 1924 at Ermelunden, Denmark, and was later a state forester and Divisional Scout Commissioner in Rold Skov, North ...

, later a state forester and Divisional Scout Commissioner in North Jutland, was the Camp chief; and

Tage Carstensen Tage Carstensen was in charge of all international aspects of the 2nd World Scout Jamboree, held from August 9 to 17, 1924 at Ermelunden, Denmark. He later served as a lawyer in Jutland, International Commissioner of Fællesrådet for Danmarks Dr ...

, later a lawyer in

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

, International Commissioner, and founder of the Scout

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Service, was in charge of all international aspects.John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 63, 82

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