Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward explained

Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward
Presenter:	Sweden
Country:	Sweden
Type:	Military medal (Decoration)
Eligibility:	Swedish military personnel
Awarded For:	International service
Status:	No longer awarded
Motto:	("FOR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE")
Established:	14 March 1995
Firstawarded:	1995
Lastawarded:	2007

The Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward (Swedish: Försvarsmaktens belöningsmedalj för internationella insatser, FMintbGMmsv or FMintbSMmsv^[1]) is a Swedish reward medal established by the Swedish Armed Forces in 1995.

History

The regulations for the Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward (TFG 950003) comes under the Supreme Commander's decision on 14 March 1995 which reads as follows: The medal and a certificate is awarded to individual as a reward for commendable efforts during UN service or other international service:^[2]

In 2007, this medal was merged with the Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit (the 1995 medal) and instead the Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit was established in 2008.^[3]

Criteria

Criteria:^[2]

Type	Criteria	Medal	Ribbon bars
Gold medal (FMintbGMmsv)	• Extraordinarily personal courage • Repeated personal courage that meant significant good example • On death in service
Silver medal (FMintbSMmsv)	• Great personal courage • Meritorious leadership of units in difficult conditions • Other meritorious effort under difficult conditions

Recipients

Gold medal

• 7 February 1996 - Major Thomas Jarnehed, UNPROFOR, for "repeated personal courage that set a significant example and for saving lives with tireless and hard work at great personal risk"^[4]
• 17 November 1997 - Colonel Ulf Henricsson,^[5] UNPROFOR, awarded on 4 March 1998^[6]
• 2001 - Major Jörgen Öberg, UNOMIG, for "repeated personal courage he displayed during a kidnapping in Georgia in 1999"^[7]

Silver medal

• November 1996 - Furir Roger Olsson, UNPROFOR, on 9 October 1996, a Norwegian vehicle was hit by shelling in Tuzla, Olsson together with a Norwegian colleague got the injured out and gave first aid, the risk of new shelling was imminent^[8]
• 28 June 2001 - Chief Superintendent (Kriminalinspektör) Bengt Sandberg, MONUA, for "his actions as civilian police in the UN mission in Angola from 1998 to 1999. The force to which Sandberg belonged was held hostage by the guerrillas for several weeks and had to endure severe hardships under constant gunfire"^[9]

Notes

I. Officially called Försvarsmaktens belöningsmedalj med svärd för internationella insatser^[1] ("Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward with Swords") but more often called Försvarsmaktens belöningsmedalj för internationella insatser in gold or silver (with swords),^{[10] [7]} ("Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward in gold or silver (with swords)") and sometimes wrongly called Försvarsmaktens medalj för internationella insatser i guld i blått band med svärd i guld ("Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal in Gold with blue ribbon and sword in gold")^[5] which is a different medal which does not include swords.

Notes and References

1. Book: Reglemente: uniformsbestämmelser 2015 : Unibest FM 2015 . Patrik . Laestadius . 2015 . Swedish Armed Forces . Stockholm . sv . . 604.
2. Web site: Vad krävs av en bra officer i internationell tjänst . . Lena . Holmberg . Helena . Kovács . Fritz . Eriksson . 2007 . 18 . 24 January 2017 . sv.
3. Book: Sverige. Veteranutredningen . En svensk veteranpolitik. D. 2, Ansvaret för personalen före, under och efter internationella militära insatser : slutbetänkande från Veteransoldatutredningen . Statens offentliga utredningar, 0375-250X ; 2008:91 . 2008 . Fritze . Stockholm . sv . 9789138230701 . . 283–284.
4. News: Modig major medaljerad av ÖB . . Boel . Janérus . 15 . 1996-02-10 . 20 March 2023 . sv . subscription.
5. Book: Sjöstrand . Carl . Utlandsstyrkan i fredens tjänst: försvarsmaktens internationella insatser . The International Force in the service of peace: The Swedish Armed Forces' international operations . 2006 . Arena . Malmö . 91-7843-225-1 . sv . 227.
6. Web site: Balkan-arkiv - Podd72 . blogg.mittmedia.se . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160913110338/http://blogg.mittmedia.se/podd72/tag/balkan/ . 2016-09-13.
7. Guldmedalj för stort personligt mod . Flygvapennytt . 2001 . 1 . Flygstaben . Stockholm . Sven-Åke . Haglund . sv . 0015-4792 . . 14–16.
8. News: Mod i fält belönas . . Yvonne . Ribbentoft . 15 . 1996-11-24 . 20 March 2023 . sv . subscription.
9. News: Insatser under vapenhot ger försvarsmedalj . . TT . 21 . 2001-06-27 . 20 March 2023 . sv . subscription.
10. Book: Braunstein, Christian . Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer . Decorations on Swedish military uniforms . Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 . 2007 . Statens försvarshistoriska museer . Stockholm . sv . 978-91-976220-2-8 . . 73.