Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward

The Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward 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 comes under the [Supreme Commander of the Sweden|Swedish Armed Forces|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:
In 2007, this medal was merged with the Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit and instead the Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit was established in 2008.

Criteria

Criteria:

Type	Criteria	Medal	Ribbon bars
Gold medal	• Extraordinarily personal courage • Repeated personal courage that meant significant good example • On death in service
Silver medal	• 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"
17 November 1997 - Colonel Ulf Henricsson, UNPROFOR, awarded on 4 March 1998
2001 - Major Jörgen Öberg, UNOMIG, for "repeated personal courage he displayed during a kidnapping in Georgia in 1999"

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
28 June 2001 - Chief Superintendent 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"