Prince Carl Medal
# Prince Carl Medal

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.

## 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
