Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit (1995–2007)

Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit
Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit
	In gold without sword.
Type	Military medal (Decoration)
Awarded for	Actions during combat or during war-like situations
Country	Sweden
Presented by	Sweden
Eligibility	Swedish personnel
Motto	FÖR BERÖMLIGA INSATSER; ("FOR COMMENDABLE SERVICES")
Status	No longer awarded
Established	1995
	; ; Ribbon bars (with sword in gold/silver or without)

Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit (Swedish: Försvarsmaktens förtjänstmedalj, FMGMmsv/FMSMmsv/FMGM/FMSM^[1]) is a Swedish reward medal established in 1995 by the Swedish Armed Forces.

History

The Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit in silver or gold has been awarded to personnel who performed extraordinary effort that benefited the Swedish Armed Forces, for example, with resourcefulness and energetically action and with an example of excellent leadership and personal commitment. The medal, which was awarded to the year 2007, usually did not come into question in connection with foreign service as far as the extraordinary efforts etc, did not have a strict national dimension.^[2]

In 2007, this medal was merged with the Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward and instead the Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit was established in 2008.^[2]

Appearance

The medal is of the 8th size and the ribbon is of yellow moiré. A sword in gold/silver may be attached to the ribbon.^[3]

References

^ Laestadius, Patrik, ed. (2015). Reglemente: uniformsbestämmelser 2015 : Unibest FM 2015 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Swedish Armed Forces. p. 604. SELIBR 19513428.
^ ^a ^b Sverige. Veteranutredningen (2008). En svensk veteranpolitik. D. 2, Ansvaret för personalen före, under och efter internationella militära insatser : slutbetänkande från Veteransoldatutredningen. Statens offentliga utredningar, 0375-250X ; 2008:91 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritze. p. 283. ISBN 9789138230701. SELIBR 11185770.
^ Braunstein, Christian (2007). Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. p. 73. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295.

[Laestadius_(2015),_p._604-1] Laestadius, Patrik, ed. (2015). Reglemente: uniformsbestämmelser 2015 : Unibest FM 2015 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Swedish Armed Forces. p. 604. SELIBR 19513428.

[Veteranutredningen_(2008),_p._283-2] Sverige. Veteranutredningen (2008). En svensk veteranpolitik. D. 2, Ansvaret för personalen före, under och efter internationella militära insatser : slutbetänkande från Veteransoldatutredningen. Statens offentliga utredningar, 0375-250X ; 2008:91 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Fritze. p. 283. ISBN 9789138230701. SELIBR 11185770.

[3] Braunstein, Christian (2007). Utmärkelsetecken på militära uniformer [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. p. 73. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295.

[1]

[2]

[3]