Scouting And Guiding In The Netherlands
Scouting Nederland is the national Scout organisation of the Netherlands with approximately 110,000 members (53,324 male and 54,663 female, 87,000 youth members, as of 2010.
The official patron of Scouting Nederland is Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, the wife of the Dutch heir to the throne, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange. From 2005 Scouting Nederland has been affiliated with the International Scout and Guide Fellowship. In April 2011 the ISGF suspended that affiliation.
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