which joined the World Movement in 1924. The Icelandic Girl Guides joined the WAGGGS in 1928. Icelandic Scouts have been present at all International Jamborees since Ermelunden in 1924. Scouting had a firm start in Iceland and grew fast during the thirties as in 1940 the number of Scouts and Guides was around 3,000, out of population of 130,000. In 1938 the Icelandic Scouts and Guides made history as the first joint councils of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides were formed in Keflavík and Vestmannaeyjar. In 1939 the Girl Guide Association was formed with Jakobína Magnúsdóttir as Chief Commissioner and the Crown Princess Ingirid as patron. And again the Icelandic Scouts and Guides made Scout history when they formed the first joint association of Scouts and Guides in the world in 1944. The Icelandic Scout and Guide Association is an active movement in Iceland tending to their own training and program needs. The first Scout handbook appeared in Icelandic in 1919 and easily adapting Baden-Powell's ideas to the possibilities of this country. Scout Magazines have been published since 1919, the one run by the National Association, Skátablaðið, has been published since 1935. In 1942 the association leased the farm Úlfljótsvatn near Reykjavík, which has ever since been the center of training and camping activities. A new center at Hamrar near Akureyri in the northern part of Iceland has been built within the last decade. Icelandic Scouts have been very active in international Scouting, working together with the Nordic countries, effective in the preparation of the Nordjamb 1975 (World Scout Jamboree in Norway), and participating in annual program prepared by the Nordic Scout Council. Jamborees National Jamborees have been an integral part of Icelandic Scouting starting in 1925. At first, they were held every four years and now they are normally triennial. Recent ones are: Program sections Drekaskátar (i.e. Dragon Scouts) - ages 7 to 9 Fálkaskátar (i.e. Falcon Scouts) - ages 10 to 12 Dróttskátar -(i.e. King's Court Scouts) ages 13 to 15 Rekkaskátar (i.e. Ranger Scouts) - ages 16 to 18 Róverskátar (i.e. Rover Scouts) - ages 19 to 22 Rescue Teams - ages 17 and up The Scout Motto is Ávallt viðbúinn, Always Prepared. International Scouting units in Iceland In addition, there were American Boy Scouts in Keflavík, linked to the Direct Service branch of the Boy Scouts of America, which supports units around the world. References World