World Scout Jamboree movement learn about other peoples and nations by direct interaction with them. The idea of organizing such periodical international gatherings was originally conveyed to Baden-Powell by the General Chief of the Scouts of Greece, Konstantinos ("Kokos") Melas, during the 1918 international Scout meeting, in England.Captain Melas proposed the gatherings should repeat every four years, in the same way Olympic Games were held in Ancient Greece. The suggestion was accepted with enthusiasm by Baden-Powell, who named the gatherings "Jamborees". It was in 1920 that the first World Scout Jamboree was realized, held in the Olympia halls in Kensington, London. Symbolically, the
The Danish Scout Council The Danish Scout Council "The Danish Scout Council" (DSC, formerly "Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere", FDD) is the national Scouting federation of Denmark. Scouting was founded in Denmark in 1909 and among the charter members of WOSM in 1920. Denmark has 40,813 Scouts. In 1920, "Det Danske Spejderkorps" (DDS) was among the founding members of the Boy Scouts' International Conference. The "KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark" (KFUM-S) gained an independent title of membership in 1924. In 1961, the World Scout Conference changed the statutes of WOSM requesting only one member per country. Thus, DDS and KFUM-S founded the "Fællesrådet for Danmarks Drengespejdere" which