Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward

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:{{cite web |url=http://www.fhs.se/Documents/Externwebben/nyheter/2008/erfarenheter-utland-del2-appendix.pdf |publisher=Swedish Defence University |title=Vad krävs av en bra officer i internationell tjänst |first1=Lena |last1=Holmberg |first2=Helena |last2=Kovács |first3=Fritz |last3=Eriksson |date=2007 |page=18 |access-date=24 January 2017 |language=sv}}

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.{{cite book |author=Sverige. Veteranutredningen |title=En svensk veteranpolitik. D. 2, Ansvaret för personalen före, under och efter internationella militära insatser : slutbetänkande från Veteransoldatutredningen |url=http://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/1245d76607244b999dc56d3912941c29/en-svensk-veteranpolitik-del-2-sou-200891 |series=Statens offentliga utredningar, 0375-250X ; 2008:91 |year=2008 |publisher=Fritze |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=9789138230701 |id={{LIBRIS|11185770}} |pages=283–284}}

Criteria:

• 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"{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1996-02-10/15/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Modig major medaljerad av ÖB |first=Boel |last=Janérus |page=15 |date=1996-02-10 |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}
• 17 November 1997 - Colonel Ulf Henricsson,{{cite book |editor-last=Sjöstrand |editor-first=Carl |title=Utlandsstyrkan i fredens tjänst: försvarsmaktens internationella insatser |trans-title=The International Force in the service of peace: The Swedish Armed Forces' international operations |year=2006 |publisher=Arena |location=Malmö |isbn=91-7843-225-1 |language=sv |page=227}} UNPROFOR, awarded on 4 March 1998{{cite web |url=http://blogg.mittmedia.se/podd72/tag/balkan/ |title=Balkan-arkiv - Podd72 |website=blogg.mittmedia.se |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913110338/http://blogg.mittmedia.se/podd72/tag/balkan/ |archive-date=2016-09-13}}
• 2001 - Major Jörgen Öberg, UNOMIG, for "repeated personal courage he displayed during a kidnapping in Georgia in 1999"{{cite journal |url=http://www.aef.se/Flygvapnet/Tidskrifter/FV_Nytt/Flygvapennytt_2001-1.pdf |journal=Flygvapennytt |title=Guldmedalj för stort personligt mod |year=2001 |number=1 |publisher=Flygstaben |location=Stockholm |first=Sven-Åke |last=Haglund |language=sv |issn=0015-4792 |id={{LIBRIS|8257600}} |pages=14–16}}

• 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{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/1996-11-24/15/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Mod i fält belönas |editor-first=Yvonne |editor-last=Ribbentoft |page=15 |date=1996-11-24 |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}
• 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"{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/arkiv/2001-06-27/21/SVD |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |title=Insatser under vapenhot ger försvarsmedalj |agency=TT |page=21 |date=2001-06-27 |access-date=20 March 2023 |language=sv |url-access=subscription}}

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I. {{Note_label|A|I|none}} Officially called Försvarsmaktens belöningsmedalj med svärd för internationella insatser ("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),{{cite book |url=https://www.sfhm.se/contentassets/84a6e4f1b2ce4e2b96c4ba578a41c503/sfhm-skriftserie-utmarkelsetecken-pa-militara-uniformer-christian-braunstein-2007.pdf |last=Braunstein |first=Christian |title=Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer |trans-title=Decorations on Swedish military uniforms |series=Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 |year=2007 |publisher=Statens försvarshistoriska museer |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=978-91-976220-2-8 |id={{LIBRIS|10423295}} |page=73}} ("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") which is a different medal which does not include swords.

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