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Jamboree

Year

Location, Country

Theme/Name

Attendance

1st

1920

Olympia, London, United Kingdom

?

8,000

2nd

1924

Ermelunden, Denmark

?

4,549

3rd

1929

Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, United Kingdom

Coming of Age

30,000

4th

1933

Godollo, Hungary

?

25,792

5th

1937

Vogelenzang, The Netherlands

?

28,750

6th

1947

Moisson, France

Jamboree of Peace

24,152

7th

1951

Bad Ischl, Austria

Jamboree of Simplicity

12,884

8th

1955

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada

New Horizons

11,139

9th

1957

Sutton Park, United Kingdom

50th Anniversary of Scouting

30,000

10th

1959

Los Ba?os, Laguna, Philippines

Building Tomorrow Today

12,203

11th

1963

Marathon, Greece

Higher and Wider

14,000

12th

1967

Farragut State Park, Idaho, United States

For Friendship

12,011

13th

1971

Fujinomiya, Japan

For Understanding

23,758

14th

1975

Lillehammer, Norway

Five Fingers, One Hand

17,259

15th

1983

Calgary, Canada

The Spirit Lives On

14,752

16th

1987-1988

Sydney, Australia

Bringing the World Together

14,434

17th

1991

Soraksan, South Korea

Many Lands, One World

20,000

18th

1995

Flevoland, Netherlands

Future is Now

28,960


19th

1998/9

Picarquin, Chile

Building Peace Together

31,000


20th


2002/3


Sattahip, Thailand


Share our world,
Share our Cultures


24,000


21st

2007

Chelmsford, UK

One World, One Promise

40,000


22nd

2011

Rinkaby, Sweden

Simply Scouting

40,061


23rd

2015

Yamaguchi, Japan

Wa: A Spirit of Unity

 


24th

2019

West Virginia,USA

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