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After the outbreak of [[Korean War]] on 25 June 1950, 6 countries (arrival order): [[Sweden]], [[India]], [[Denmark]], [[Norway]], [[Italy]] and [[West Germany]] provided medical support for [[South Korea]] and [[United Nations Forces in the Korean War|UN Forces]].

== Instruction ==
Source of statistics in this article is the official book about Korean War statistics published by [[Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)|South Korean Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History]] in June 2014.<ref>[https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn2/625_15/index.html The Statistics of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (E-BOOK)] {{in lang|ko}}</ref><ref>[https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_201408070704130850.pdf The Statistics of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (PDF)] {{in lang|ko}}</ref>

Statistics in this article may differ from the statistics of each countries.

== Sweden ==
[[File:Korean war monument of Sweden in Busan.jpg|180px|thumbnail|right|Memorial of Sweden Medical Support in Busan]]
{{Main article|Sweden in the Korean War#Swedish Red Cross Field Hospital}}
* Hospital / Unit: [[Sweden in the Korean War#Swedish Red Cross Field Hospital|Swedish Red Cross Field Hospital]]{{efn|After war, they changed their name to 'Swedish Hospital in Pusan'}} (Svenska Roda Korsets faltsjukhus)
* Arrival: 14 September 1950 (advance party) / 23 September 1950 (main party)
* Departure: End of March or Beginning of April 1957
* Hospital / Unit operations: 25 September 1950 – 20 March 1957
* Based in: [[Busan]]
* Personnel: 170 (quota) / 1,124 (total)<ref>[https://www.medhist.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjmh-19-1-189.pdf 한국전쟁과 부산 스웨덴 적십자야전병원의 의료구호활동]</ref>
* Director or commander: Carl-Erick Groth and so on
* Award and commendations:
** [[Orders, decorations, and medals of South Korea#Commendations|Republic of Korea Presidential Citation]]:<ref>Not to be confused with [[Presidential Unit Citation (South Korea)|Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation]]</ref> (20 March 1957<ref>awarded in closing ceremony of hospital on 20 March 1957)</ref>)

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== India ==
{{Main article|India in the Korean War#60th Parachute Field Ambulance}}
* Hospital / Unit: [[Indian Army]] [[60th Parachute Field Ambulance (India)#60th Parachute Field Ambulance|60th Parachute Field Ambulance]]
* Arrival: 20 November 1950
* Departure: 23 February 1954
* Hospital / Unit operations: 4 December 1950 – August 1953 (In September, joined Indian Custodian Force for POW)
* Based in: [[Pyongyang]], [[Munsan]], [[Gapyeong]], [[Daegu]] - Main unit was attached to [[27th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|British 27th Infantry Brigade]] and [[1st Commonwealth Division]], the detachment was served in the hospital at [[Daegu]].<ref>[https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/023/0003771141?sid=103 6·25 부상병 20만 명 치료한 인도軍 군의관]</ref>
* Personnel: 333~346 (quota) / 627 (total)
* Killed: 3, Wounded: 23
* Director or commander: [[A. G. Rangaraj]]
* Award and commendations:
** [[Meritorious Unit Commendation|United States Meritorious Unit Commendation]]: (date unknown)

== Denmark ==
[[File:MS Jutlandia stone.JPG|180px|thumbnail|right|Memorial of MS Jutlandia in Copenhagen]]
{{Main article|MS Jutlandia#Korean War}}
* Hospital / Unit: [[Danish Red Cross|Danish Red Cross Hospital Ship]] - ''[[MS Jutlandia]]''
* Arrival: 7 March 1951
* Departure: 16 August 1953
* Hospital / Unit operations: 10 March 1951 – August 1953
* Based in: [[Port of Busan]], [[Port of Incheon]] (since 20 November 1952)
* Personnel: 100 (quota) / 630 (total)
* Director or commander: Kai Hammerich (Commander), Mogens Winge (Director of Hospital), Christen Kondrup ([[Sea captain|Captain]]) and so on
* Award and commendations:
** [[Orders, decorations, and medals of South Korea#Commendations|Republic of Korea Presidential Citation]]:<ref>Not to be confused with [[Presidential Unit Citation (South Korea)|Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation]]:</ref><ref>[http://theme.archives.go.kr/viewer/common/archWebViewer.do?bsid=200200023958&dsid=000000000002&gubun=search Photo of award ceremony in 28 March 1952 - National Archives of Korea]</ref><ref>[https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1952033000209102009&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1952-03-30&officeId=00020&pageNo=2&printNo=8803&publishType=00010 유號(호)(丁抹病院船(정말병원선))떠나다 齒科課長(치과과장)에最高文化勳章(최고문화훈장)]</ref> twice (27 March 1952,<ref>Award ceremony was held in 28 March 1952.</ref> 27 August 1954)

== Norway ==
[[File:2016 NORMASH.jpg|180px|right|thumbnail|Memorial of NORMASH in Oslo]]
{{Main article|NORMASH}}
* Hospital / Unit: [[NORMASH|Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (NORMASH)]]
* Arrival: 22 June 1951
* Departure: 4 November 1954<ref>[https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1954110600329202009&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1954-11-06&officeId=00032&pageNo=2&printNo=2692&publishType=00020 「오스로」市長(시장)에 幸運(행운)의열쇠傳達(전달)]</ref>
* Hospital / Unit operations: 19 July 1951 – November 1954
* Based in: [[Uijeongbu]], [[Dongducheon]]
* Personnel: 109 (quota) / 623 (total)
* Killed: 3
* Director or commander: Herman Ramstad (Commander)
* Award and commendations:
** [[Presidential Unit Citation (South Korea)|Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation]]: twice (6 October 1952, 23 November 1953)
** [[Meritorious Unit Commendation|United States Meritorious Unit Commendation]]: twice (date unknown)

== Italy ==
{{Main article|Italian Red Cross Hospital 68}}
* Hospital / Unit: [[Italian Red Cross|Italian Red Cross Hospital 68]] (L’OSPEDALE Croce Rossa Italiana N°68)<ref>[https://cri.it/2016/06/16/gli-italiani-nella-guerra-di-corea-lospedale-cri-n68/ GLI ITALIANI NELLA GUERRA DI COREA – L’OSPEDALE CRI N°68]</ref>
* Arrival: 16 November 1951
* Departure: 2 January 1955
* Hospital / Unit operations: 6 December 1951 – 30 December 1954
* Based in: [[Yeongdeungpo District]], [[Seoul]]<ref>[https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/08/02/national/diplomacy/Korean-War-Italy-Field-Hospital/20200802183807009.html Italy supported war-torn Korea with medical aid]</ref><ref>[https://www.mpva.go.kr/english/contents.do?key=1311 The Activity of the 68th Red Cross Hospital]</ref>
* Personnel: 72 (quota) / 189 (total)<ref>[https://www.konas.net/article/article.asp?idx=57592 「참전기념 시설물 소개」 ⑳ 이탈리아 의무부대 6.25전쟁 참전기념비]</ref>
* Award and commendations:
** [[Presidential Unit Citation (South Korea)|Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation]]: twice (6 October 1952, 22 December 1954)

== Germany ==
{{Main article|West German Red Cross Hospital}}
* Hospital / Unit: [[German Red Cross|West German Red Cross Hospital]]
* Arrival: 28 January 1954 (advance party) / February 1954 (main party)
* Departure: April 1959
* Hospital / Unit operations: 17 May 1954 – 14 March 1959
* Based in: [[Busan]]<ref>[https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2010/10/05/socialAffairs/The-Germans-who-healed-Koreans/2926815.html The Germans who healed Koreans]</ref>
* Personnel: 80 (quota)<ref>[https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1954021000239101006&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1954-02-10&officeId=00023&pageNo=1&printNo=9594&publishType=00010 派韓西獨醫療隊(파한서독의요대) 四八名(사팔명)이또向韓(향한)]</ref> / 200 (total)
* Director or commander: Günther Huwer (Director of Hospital)
* Award and commendations:
** [[Medal of Freedom (1945)|United States Medal of Freedom]]: 'Günther Huwer' - Director of Hospital (28 September 1956)<ref>[https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1956092900329203007&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1956-09-29&officeId=00032&pageNo=3&printNo=3383&publishType=00020 西獨病院長(서독병원장)을 表彰(표창)]</ref>
** [[Orders, decorations, and medals of South Korea#Commendations|Republic of Korea Presidential Citation]]: 'Karl Hauser' - Engineer of hospital and only survivor (5 July 2017)<ref>[https://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/policies/view?articleId=147689 President Moon meets with German medical personnel]</ref><ref>[https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/056/0010477328?sid=100 文대통령, 한국 파견 獨 의료지원단에“영원히 감사”]</ref>

Originally, [[West Germany]] was not members of medical support. Because West Germany provided medical support after [[Korean Armistice Agreement|Korean War Armistice Agreement]]. But West Germany decided to provide medical support in May 1953.

Therefore, South Korean Government included Germany in June 2018<ref>[https://blog.naver.com/mnd9090/221308437146 독일, 마침내 한국전쟁 의료지원국으로 포함되었습니다.]</ref>

== Memorials ==
On 20 September 1976, Memorial for [[Sweden]], [[India]], [[Denmark]], [[Norway]], [[Italy]] was unveiled in [[Yeongdo District]], [[Busan]].<ref>[http://www.unpm.or.kr/un2022/sub.php?&MenuID=126&bCode=X8&cate=&st=sisul&ss=%EF%BF%BD%EB%B8%A3%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD&gotoPage=1&mode=view&bo_no=61 의료지원단 참전기념비]</ref>

== See also ==
* [[United Nations Forces in the Korean War]]
* [[United Nations Command]]
* [[United Nations Memorial Cemetery]] in [[Busan]], where 2,300 casualties from various nations are buried

==Further reading==
* [https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/hisofunforces02/index.html The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-2 (AUSTRALIA, CANADA, INDIA, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED KINGDOM) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1981 (E-BOOK)]
* [https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202211020924598030.pdf The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-2 (AUSTRALIA, CANADA, INDIA, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED KINGDOM) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1981 (PDF)]
* [https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/hisofunforces03/index.html The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-3 (BELGIUM, COLOMBIA, FRANCE, GREECE, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, ITALY, NORWAY, SWEDEN) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1974 (E-BOOK)]
* [https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202211020924300990.pdf The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-3 (BELGIUM, COLOMBIA, FRANCE, GREECE, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, ITALY, NORWAY, SWEDEN) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1974 (PDF)]
* [https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/hisofunforces06/index.html The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-6 (SUMMARY) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1977 (E-BOOK)]
* [https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202211020922227920.pdf The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War-6 (SUMMARY) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1977 (PDF)]
* [https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/625nun/index.html The Korean War and the UN Forces - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2015 (E-BOOK)] {{in lang|ko}}
* [https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202301161009297680.pdf The Korean War and the UN Forces - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2015 (PDF)] {{in lang|ko}}
* [https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn2/625_15/index.html The Statistics of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (E-BOOK)] {{in lang|ko}}
* [https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_201408070704130850.pdf The Statistics of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 2014 (PDF)] {{in lang|ko}}
* [https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/un/index.html The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1998 (E-BOOK)] {{in lang|ko}}
* [https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202304020257196620.pdf The History of the UN Forces in the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1998 (PDF)] {{in lang|ko}}
* [https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_201306250608524620.pdf The Summary of the Korean War - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1986 (PDF)] {{in lang|ko}}
* [https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn2/history_of_war_in_korea11/index.html The History of the Korean War-11: The UN Forces (NEW ZEALAND, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, DENMARK, INDIA, ITALY, NORWAY, SWEDEN) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1980 (E-BOOK)] {{in lang|ko}}
* [https://www.imhc.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_201306250725274860.pdf The History of the Korean War-11: The UN Forces (NEW ZEALAND, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, DENMARK, INDIA, ITALY, NORWAY, SWEDEN) - ROK Ministry of National Defense Institute for Military History, 1980 (PDF)] {{in lang|ko}}

== Documentaries ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JynSQJ-3MBo Jutlandia-999 Days of Service in the Korean War - Arirang Prime Ep220]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQKoM0c-fk4 6.25 70주년 특집 유틀란디아호의 항해-1부 / The Voyage of Jutlandia-1]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ5c2syvLMU 6.25 70주년 특집 유틀란디아호의 항해-2부 / The Voyage of Jutlandia-2]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tEXnUTFFQM 6.25 70주년 특집 유틀란디아호의 항해-3부 / The Voyage of Jutlandia-3]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlX_vZJevSo NORMASH (english version) The Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean War 1951-54]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeepEpEvBi0 Italy in the Korean War - M A S H Number 68]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.unpm.or.kr/un2022/main.php United Nations Peace Memorial Hall]

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