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Born abroad

Born in Sweden

17 Medal of Honor recipients were born in Sweden.

By conflict

U.S. Civil War6

Interim 1899 - 19103

Spanish-American War3

Indian Campaigns2

Interim 1871 - 18991

China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)1

Recipients

WA William Anderson Coxswain · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 FB Frederick Bergendahl Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 EB Ernest H. Bjorkman Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1903 JD John Olof Dahlgren Corporal · Marine Corps Boxer Rebellion · 1900 JE John P. Erickson Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1865 EG Eric Gunnar Gibson Technician Fifth Grade · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ LH Luovi Halling Boatswain's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1904 JJ John Peter Johanson Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JJ Johan J. Johansson Ordinary Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 IN Isador A. Nordstrom Chief Boatswain · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1906 AP Alfred Peterson Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862

Theodore Ragnar First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 CR Charles Read Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865 OS Oloff Smith Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 GS Gustav Adolf Sundquist Ordinary Seaman · Navy Spanish-American War · 1898 JS John Swanson Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1865

Ernest von Vegesack Major & Aide-de-Camp · Army Civil War · 1862