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SWEDISH PERSONNEL IN INTERNATIONAL MILITARY SERVICE 1948- Since the first Swedish military United Nations engage- The Swedish FPOs use domestic rates & fees for mail to ment with only military observers in the Middle East and from Sweden (exceptions exist). (Arab-Israeli conflict), there had been over 100.000 Swed- ish men and women doing international military service I have done a special deeper study of this topic, espe- abroad. That is about 2% of the Swedish population. Up cially postal routes, rates, services and postmarks at the to 2015 Sweden had participated in about 120 different Swedish FPOs. More than 8000 items had been recorded missions and operations in about 60 different countries. of this topic, see chart below. All these mission could unfortunately not be shown in this display. The focus is on the early and “classical mis- One reason why it’s difficult to find items of different sions” and also the Swedish Field Post Offices with its postal services is that the Swedish FPOs refuse the phila- many postmarks but some examples from modern mis- telic requests, according to a U.N. regulation from 1957 sions in the 21 century is also shown. (shown in chapter 5.1). Items related to missions with few st Swedish militaries and the one’s with a short period are Chapters 1948-1979 also very difficult to obtain. This section’s presentation technique: 1. Arab-Israeli Conflict 1948-1967 Chapter Route on Postal rate 2. Korean Conflict 1950- Type of item, map in start & end headline. chapter. and period. of route. 3. Separate Missions with Minor Swedish Contingents 1951-1971 4. United Nations Operation in the Congo 1960-1964 5. United Nations Force in the Cyprus 1964- 6. Arab-Israeli Conflict 1967- The material is shown for each larger mission as follows: For mail from a mission: printed matter, postcard, letter, registry (incl. return receipt), special delivery, use of postal savings and giro account, parcel and money order. Military stationeries in category postcard or letter. No Double frame = Special postal Postmark special category for surcharged items. important item. history facts. description. Most rare postal services for Shown / recorded items from the Sw. FPOs abroad and shown / recorded items to the Sw. FPOs the Swedish FPOs abroad UNEF 56-67 ONUC 60-64 UNFICYP 64-(87) UNEF 73-79 UNIFIL 78 Total 56-79 Domestic Registry + AR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 Domestic Money order 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 Foreign Printed Matter at reduced rate 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 Wrapper of foreign parcel 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 Exchange of foreign IRC — 0 / 0 — 1 / 1 — 0 / 0 — 0 / 0 — 0 / 0 — 1 / 1 Use of domestic Postal bank account 0 / 0 — 1 / 1 — 0 / 0 — 1 / 1 — 0 / 0 — 2 / 2 — Payment to domestic Postal giro 0 / 0 — 0 / 0 — 0 / 0 — 1 / 1 — 1 / 1 — 2 / 2 — Address-form for foreign Parcel 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 0 International Money order 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 0 Certificate of foreign Registry 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 3 0 / 0 Domestic B-Economy Printed Matter — — — — 0 / 3* 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 0 Domestic Special delivery 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2* 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 0 Foreign Registry 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2* 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 5 0 / 0 Certificate of domestic Parcel 2 / 5 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 9 0 / 0 Domestic Printed Matter 1 / 5 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 10 1 / 2 Different Postal forms for conveyance 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 7 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 10 2 / 3 of mail and mailbag tags Certificate of domestic Registry 1 / 4 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 3* 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 5 / 18 1 / 1 1 Domestic Registry 2 / 20 1 / 3 3 / 14 0 / 0 2 / 20 0 / 0 1 / 8 1 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 0 9 / 66 1 / 4 1 Red = very rare, blue = rare * = lack of available space to show an item = after May 1, 1957 (many CTO items were done before)