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About 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 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.
Everything about Dag Hammarskjöld →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, economist, poet
- Position held
- United Nations Secretary-General, secretary of state, Minister of Foreign Trade, seat 17 of the Swedish Academy
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- July 29, 1905
- Died
- September 18, 1961
- Website
- https://www.daghammarskjold.se