Bengt Junker
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Bengt Junker | |
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| Born | 21 June 1913 |
| Died | 18 February 1970 (aged 56) |
| Known for | Scouting notable |
Bengt Junker (21 June 1913 – 18 February 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.
