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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Trending topics shown first"When you have reached the point where you no longer expect a response, you will at last be able to give in such a way that the other is able to receive, and be grateful. When Love has matured and, thr…"
"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."
"Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy."
"If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party."
"The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to fo…"
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1905
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Birth1961
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