Prince Carl Medal
The Prince Carl Medal 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, rear admiral