Researching Bengt Junker
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11 people with the Junker surname? In that year Junker was ranked number 3568 for popularity in the UK. |
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Bengt Junker
Bengt Junker (June 21, 1913 – February 18, 1970 Stockholm) was a Swedish Scouting notable, head of the Sveriges Scoutförbund from 1951 to 1956 and from 1958 to 1966. In 1951 he succeeded Lennart Bernadotte, and in 1958 he succeeded Gösta Lewenhaupt. 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. 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.
Source: Bengt Junker, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Junker
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