The Norwegian Guide and Scout Association is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 Scouting

Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....

 and Guiding association founded in its present form in 1978, when the Norwegian Boy Scout Organization (founded in 1910 and among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

World Organization of the Scout Movement

The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...

 in 1922) and the Norwegian Girl Guide Organization (founded in 1921 and an early member of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts

The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Scouting organizations in 145 countries. It was established in 1928 and has its headquarters in London, England. It is the counterpart of the World Organization of the Scout...

) merged.

NSF is a member of Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon

Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon

Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Norway, founded in 2003. It took over the WOSM membership of Norges Speiderforbund and the WAGGGS membership of the Fellesrådet for speiderpiker i Norge...

, the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Norway.

Structure

, NSF had 20,000 members, organised in 29 districts and 6 corps with 450 local groups.

Program

The association is divided into four age-groups:

• Beavers
  Beavers (Scouting)
  Beavers in Scouting is one name for the youngest section of Scouting with members younger than Cub Scouts and sometimes going to as young as five years of age. Other names are used in some countries...
  
   - ages 6 to 8
• Cubs/Brownie
  Brownies (Girl Guides)
  A Brownie is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations for girls from their seventh birthday to their tenth birthday. Exact age limits are slightly different in each organisation.-History:...
  
  s - ages 8 to 10
• Scouts/Guides - ages 10 to 16
• Rovers
  Rover Scouts
  Rover Scouting is a service division of Scouting for young men, and in most countries, women. A group of Rovers, analogous to a Scout troop, is called a 'Crew.'...
  
   - ages 16 to 24

Guide and Scout Law

Scout Law

Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout Promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law...

1. A Guide and a Scout are open to God and His word.
2. A Guide and a Scout feel responsibility for themselves and others.
3. A Guide and a Scout are helpful and considerate.
4. A Guide and a Scout are a good friend.
5. A Guide and a Scout are honest and reliable.
6. A Guide and a Scout know nature and protect it.
7. A Guide and a Scout think and act on their own and try to understand others.
8. A Guide and a Scout do their best in hard times and difficulties.
9. A Guide and a Scout are modest and try to manage on their own.
10. A Guide and a Scout work for peace and understanding among people.

Guide and Scout promise

Scout Promise

Since the publication of Scouting for Boys in 1908, all Scouts and Guides around the world have taken a Scout promise or oath to live up to ideals of the movement, and subscribed to a Scout Law. The wording of the Scout Promise and Scout Law have varied slightly over time and from country to...

I promise, to the best of my ability,

to be open to the word of God,

to help others and

to live according to the Guide and Scout Law.