Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces

The Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces^[1] (Swedish: Försvarets medicinalkår, Medk) was a joint administrative corps for military physicians and military veterinarians in the Swedish Armed Forces. It was formed in 1969 (SFS 1969:409) by merging the Swedish Army Medical Corps, the Swedish Naval Medical Officers’ Corps and the Swedish Army Veterinary Corps.^[2] Its head was the Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces and was subordinate to the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. The Surgeon-General had at his disposal a staff body, the medical corps office, which was organizationally part of the National Swedish Board of Health (Sjukvårdsstyrelsen). Under the National Swedish Board of Health, the responsibility for the Swedish Armed Forces's health care lied with the military commander.^[3]

Coat of arms of the Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces.

Heraldry and traditions

Coat of arms

The coat of the arms of the Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces 1981–1992. Blazon: "Azure, a sword and a rod of Asclepius bendwise sinister in saltire, all or."^[4]

See also

• Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces

References

1. Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 1383. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
2. "Kungörelse (1969:409) med anledning av inrättande av försvarets medicinalkår" (in Swedish). Riksdag. 1969-05-29. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
3. Hälso- och sjukvård vid försvaret. 1969 [Health and sick care in the armed forces. 1969] (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets sjukvårdsstyrelse. 1970. p. 6. SELIBR 10077233.
4. Braunstein, Christian (2006). Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska försvaret [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. p. 67. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224.