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Scouting Around the World Norway

Throughout the war years a number of Norwegians fled the Nazi regime, mostly across the border to
Sweden. A great many refugees were men of military age wishing to join the Norwegian armed forces
abroad. Before the German invasion of Russia a number of them managed to make their way out of Sweden
and travel over Russian territory to England. Quite a few of these had a background in Scouting, and
wanted to continue the Scout work in exile. ln August 1941 the Norwegian Scout Club in Great Britain
was formed, affiliated to the Norwegian Boy Scout Association, with Victor Carlsen as chairman.

When the news of the

abolishment of

Scouting in Norway

reached England,

colonel J. S. Wilson,

who also was director NORWEGIAN BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION
IN
for the International
GREAT BRITAIN.
Bureau, summoned

chairman Victor

Carlsen and appointed

him Chief Scout of

Norway and

authorised him to act /

on behalf of the 'VINNV.InnllfO.I.S I
QNmr'llO.f .I.l.ll!lli3Ql3dt :S:SllOIC
Association. Thus, the

Norwegian Boy

Scouts Association

operated continu- 61 -2103. G. & F. J,td.

ously throughout the P.C. 90

war. Mr. Carlsen was

former District Chief

Scout for Vesterlen

district.

Specially printed envelope from the NORSK SKIP?POST
Norwegian Boy Scouts Association in HANDELSFLATEN
Great Britain" (also cachet in
Norwegian "NORSK SPEIDERGUTT Victor Garls ~.~sq . ,
FORBUND I STORBR1TANN1A"), "--Sl1.leigh.- 1
sent to Chief Scout of Norway, Victor .,
Carlsen. Postmarked "NORSK
SKIPSPOST HANDELSFLATEN 3 110 C:-oucll !ill,
MAR 1943 82''. Postmark #82 was
used by the vessel SS "Erica" in the
Norwegian merchant fleet.

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