The Greenland Guide and Scout Association (, ) is the youngest of the Danish

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associations, founded on February 2, 1973. Previously

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

ic boys had belonged to one of the Danish Scout associations and girls belonged to one of the corresponding Danish Guide associations. Scouting in Greenland started in 1943, and Guiding began in 1950. Greenland Guide and Scout Association, however, is a coeducational organization, and has been recognized as an associate member of the

Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere The Danish Scout Council (DSC; , formerly ''Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere'', FDD) is the national Scouting federation of Denmark. Scouting was founded in Denmark in 1909 and it was among the charter members of WOSM in 1920. Denmark ...

since 1976 and of the

Pigespejdernes Fællesråd Danmark Pigespejdernes Fællesråd Danmark (PFD, ''The Joint Committee of Girl Guides in Denmark'') is the national Guiding federation of Denmark. Danish Guiding started in 1910, the PFD was founded in 1923 and was among the founding members of the World ...

since 1981. Initial grants from the

Parliament of Greenland The Inatsisartut (, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Greenland in English, is the unicameral parliament (legislative branch) of Greenland, an autonomous territoryMultiple sources: * * * in the Danish Realm. Established in 1979, the parl ...

helped the fledgling organization. Today, the association has about 500 members. The association focuses upon local conditions, skills and handicrafts, sea and mountaineering activities and subzero camping, as well as nature conservation, of particular importance on the

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island. The limited means of public transport render a camp for all members impracticable, so camps are instead arranged at district level. The membership badge of the association incorporates elements of the

coat of arms of Greenland The coat of arms of Greenland is a blue shield charged with an upright polar bear. This symbol was first introduced in the coat of arms of Denmark in 1666 and it is still represented in the arms of the Danish royal family. In a Danish context, th ...

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* Scouting 'Round the World, World Scout Bureau, Geneva, Switzerland, 1977 Sports organisations of Greenland Overseas branches of Scouting and Guiding associations World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organizations World Organization of the Scout Movement member organizations Scouting and Guiding in Denmark Youth organizations established in 1973 1973 establishments in Greenland {{Scout-stub

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