14th World Scout Jamboree 1975
| 14. World Scout Jamboree | |
|---|---|
| place | Lillehammer |
| country | Norway |
| date | 1975 |
| Attendees | 17,259 Boy Scouts |
The 14th World Scout Jamboree was held from July 29th to August 7th, 1975 near the city of Lillehammer , Norway . Participants were over 17,000 scouts from over 90 nations. The hosts were the five Scandinavian nations Norway, Sweden , Finland , Denmark and Iceland . The jamboree was also known as the north jamb-75 .
motto
The camp motto was: Five Fingers - One Hand .
This motto was symbolic for:
- five fingers apart are small and weak, together they form an efficient and strong unit, the hand
- Scouts from five continents meet
- the five hosting Nordic nations
camp
The camp took place on a site directly on the Lågen river in Gudbrandsal , where it flows into Lake Mjøsa , around 20 km from Lillehammer. It was divided into a central area and ten subcamps:
| number | Surname | named after |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siljan | Swedish lake in Dalarna province |
| 2 | Teno | River in Lapland |
| 3 | North cap | Cape in Norway |
| 4th | Trelleborg | former Viking settlement |
| 5 | Hekla | Volcano in Iceland |
| 6th | Skane | southernmost province in Sweden |
| 7th | Jurmo | Island archipelago off Finland |
| 8th | Dovre | Mountains in central Norway |
| 9 | Sarek | Mountainous region in northern Sweden |
| 10 | Lillebelt | Waterway between Jutland and Funen in Denmark |
program
In addition to the general program items (opening, closing ceremony), the following activities were offered:
- Physical Activities (Sport)
- Water Activities
- The North Trail (warehouse technology)
- Nature and Conservation (environmental protection)
- Handicraft (craft activities)
- Maihaugen (visit to the Maihaugen open-air museum in Lillehammer).
- Nordic Culture and Democracy (Nordic Culture and Politics)
- Modern Technology (including meteorology, chemistry, energy, amateur radio)
- Hike (two day hike)
On August 2, 1975, the so-called Jamboree Country Fair took place, at which North Crowns were issued as storage currency.
Web links
- World Jamborees: 14th World Jamboree - Nordjamb'75, Lillehammer, Norway, 1975 ( Memento from October 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 61 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E