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.

[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.

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