Bengt Junker

Bengt Junker
Born (1913-06-21)June 21, 1913.
Died February 18, 1970(1970-02-18) (aged 56)
Nationality Swedish
Known for Scouting notable

Bengt Junker (June 21, 1913 – February 18, 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.

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