Pigespejdernes Fællesråd Danmark
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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 Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
in 1928. The federation serves 18,893 Guides (as of 2008).
Observer status within the federation have:
Girl Guides
A Guide, Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. It is the female-centred equivalent of the Scouts. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian...
federation of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Danish Guiding started in 1910, the PFD was founded in 1923 and was among the founding members of the 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...
in 1928. The federation serves 18,893 Guides (as of 2008).
Member associations
Full members of the federation are- Danske Baptisters Spejderkorps (DBS, Danish BaptistBaptistBaptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Scout Association, coed) - De grønne pigespejdereDe grønne pigespejdereDe grønne pigespejdere is the only Guiding and Scouting organisation in Denmark exclusively for girls. It was established in 1919 as the KFUK-spejderne i Danmark and changed its name to De grønne pigespejdere in 2003...
(The Green Girl Guides - YWCAYWCAThe YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision—to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA is a non-profit organization, the first of which was founded in...
, girls only) - Det Danske Spejderkorps (DDS, The Danish Scout Association, interreligious, coed)
- Kalaallit Nunaanni Spejderit Kattufiat - Grønlands SpejderkorpsGrønlands SpejderkorpsThe Greenland Guide and Scout Association is the youngest of the Danish Scout associations, founded on February 2, 1973. Previously Greenlandic boys had belonged to one of the Danish Scout associations and girls belonged to one of the corresponding Danish Guide associations. Scouting in Greenland...
(Scout Association of Greenland, interreligious, coed)
Observer status within the federation have:
- Dansk Spejderkorps Sydslesvig, affiliated to DDS
- Føroya SkótaráðFøroya SkótaráðIn the Faroe Islands, there are four Scout and Guiding associations forming the Føroya Skótaráð . They work under the same basic rules, but they do have their own specialties....
- Føroya KFUK Skótar
- Føroya Skótasamband
- Metodistkirkens Spejdere i Danmark, associated to KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark