Prince Carl Medal

Prince Carl Medal
Prins Carl-medaljen

The Prince Carl Medal
Awarded by The King of Sweden
Country  Sweden
Type Royal medal
Awarded for Humanitarian activity
Status Currently awarded
Statistics
Established 1945
Order of Wear
Next (higher) Prince Eugen Medal[1]
Next (lower) Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals[1]

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.[2]

Recipients

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

The following is a partial list of recipients:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Anvisningar för bärande av kungliga medaljer med mera" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. "The Prince Carl Medal". Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The King awards the Prince Carl Medal to Johan von Schreeb". Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Sök medaljförläning" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. "Mrs. Roosevelt, First Lady 12 Years, Often Called 'World's Most Admired Woman'". The New York Times. November 8, 1962. Archived from the original on December 7, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.