dag hammarskjold

     

He lived with his parents in Uppsala Castle

Trivia about dag hammarskjold

  • From 1951 to 1953 he was the Swedish delegate to the U.N.
  • Trying to resolve problems in the Congo, this Swedish secretary-general died in a plane crash in Africa in 1961
  • The 1961 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded posthumously to this U.N. secretary-general
  • This Swedish statesman was elected to a second term as U.N. Secretary-General
  • The United Nations' library is named for this Secretary-General who was killed in a 1961 plane crash
  • Chairman of the Bank of Sweden in the 1940's, in 1953 he became Secretary-General of the U.N.
  • The father of this U.N. secretary-general was the chairman of the Nobel Prize Foundation
  • He died tragically in Africa
  • From the Sept. 16, 1961 N.Y. Times:He "Dies in African Air Crash; Kennedy Going to U.N. in Succession Crisis"
  • The father of this U.N. Secretary-General was Sweden's prime minister 1914-17
  • A library at the U.N. serves as a memorial to this Secretary-General who was killed in a 1961 plane crash
  • This secretary-general is seen here on the cover of a 1956 magazine
  • On April 7, he was elected by a vote of 57-1 to succeed Trygve Lie

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