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Country
  
Sweden

Awarded for
  
Humanitarian activity

Established
  
1945

Type
  
Royal medal

Status
  
Currently awarded

Next (higher)
  
Prince Eugen Medal

Prince Carl Medal

The Prince Carl Medal (Swedish: Prins Carl-medaljen) is a royal medal of Sweden. The medal was instituted by Gustaf V of Sweden in 1945 on the retirement of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland as chairman of the Red Cross of Sweden. The medal is awarded for national or international humanitarian activity.

Recipients

The following is a partial list of recipients:

  • Princess Christina, member of the Swedish Royal Family and former chairman of the Red Cross of Sweden
  • Sture Linnér, retired diplomat and Greek cultural expert
  • Markku Niskala, Secretary General of the Red Cross of Sweden
  • Pope Pius XII
  • Eleanor Roosevelt, American politician, diplomat, First Lady, and activist.
  • Johan von Schreeb, surgeon and Associate Professor at the Center for Disaster Medicine at the Karolinska Institutet
  • Albert Schweitzer
  • Sten Swedlund, retired rear admiral

    • References

    Prince Carl Medal Wikipedia
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