Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second secretary-general of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. As of 2026, he remains the youngest person to have held the post, having been only 47 years old when he was elected. He was a son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.
Background
- Born in
- Jönköping
- Educated at
- Uppsala UniversityStockholm UniversityQ64438163
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Peace Prize🏆 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav🏆 Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
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"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."
"In the last analysis it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions life puts to us … Hence too the necessity of preparing for it."
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1905
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Birth1961
Died
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