title: Prince Carl Medal
text: # 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
  