Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward

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

Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward
TypeMilitary medal (Decoration)
Awarded forInternational service
CountrySweden
Presented bySweden
EligibilitySwedish military personnel
MottoFÖR INTERNATIONELLA INSATSER
("FOR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE")
StatusNo longer awarded
Established14 March 1995
First awarded1995
Last awarded2007

Ribbon bars (gold and silver)

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]

TypeCriteriaMedalRibbon 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

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),[7][6] ("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")[4] which is a different medal which does not include swords.

References
  1. Laestadius, Patrik, ed. (2015). Reglemente: uniformsbestämmelser 2015 : Unibest FM 2015 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Swedish Armed Forces. p. 604. SELIBR 19513428.
  2. Holmberg, Lena; Kovács, Helena; Eriksson, Fritz (2007). "Vad krävs av en bra officer i internationell tjänst" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Defence University. p. 18. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  3. Sverige. Veteranutredningen (2008). 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 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritze. pp. 283–284. ISBN 9789138230701. SELIBR 11185770.
  4. Sjöstrand, Carl, ed. (2006). Utlandsstyrkan i fredens tjänst: försvarsmaktens internationella insatser [The International Force in the service of peace: The Swedish Armed Forces' international operations] (in Swedish). Malmö: Arena. p. 227. ISBN 91-7843-225-1.
  5. http://blogg.mittmedia.se/podd72/tag/balkan/
  6. Haglund, Sven-Åke (2001). "Guldmedalj för stort personligt mod" (PDF). Flygvapennytt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Flygstaben (1): 14–16. ISSN 0015-4792. SELIBR 8257600.
  7. Braunstein, Christian (2007). Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. p. 73. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295.
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