The Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association
International Commissioner WAGGGS
Hraunbaer 123
REYKJAVÍK
IS-110, Iceland
Website: https://skatarnir.is
Email: international@scout.is
Tel: +3545509800
Founder member
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1.788
Number of Girl Scouts in 2020
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Member
Full Member
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Girls & Boys
Yes
Promise Ég lofa að gera það sem í mínu valdi stendur til þess að gera skyldu mína við guð/samvisku og ættjörðina/samfélag, að hjálpa öðrum og að halda skátalögin.
Icelandic Girl Scout Law
- Skáti er hjálpsamur
- Skáti er glaðvær
- Skáti er traustur
- Skáti er náttúruvinur
- Skáti er tillitssamur
- Skáti er heiðarlegur
- Skáti er samvinnufús
- Skáti er nýtinn
- Skáti er réttsýnn
- Skáti er sjálfstæður
Girl Scout Law (English)
- A girl scout is helpful
- A girl scout is jovial
- A girl scout is trustworthy
- A girl scout is a friend of nature
- A girl scout is considerate
- A girl scout is honorable
- A girl scout is cooperative
- A girl scout is thrifty
- A girl scout is just
- A girl scout is independent
Development of the Movement
The first troop for girls in Iceland was formed in the capital, Reykjavík, in July 1922 under the direction of the YWCA. The connection between the YWCA and Girl Scouting only lasted a short while, but the Movement spread independently throughout most of the country. Within a few years many new troops for girls started.
Icelandic Girl Scouts became a member of WAGGGS in 1928, and in 1939 the Icelandic Girl Scout Association was formed. In 1944 the two national Girl and Boy Scout Associations merged and became Bandalag Íslenskra Skáta (the Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association). The Association is believed to be the first merged Association in the world.