Dag Hammarskjöld
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Dag Hammarskjöld 🇸🇪

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (Known as "Secretary-General of the United Nations")
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Statesman, Political Leader, Historical Figure
Born 1905-07-29 🇸🇪 Jönköping, Sweden
Passed Away 1961-09-18 Ndola, Zambia
Lifespan 56 years old
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"The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell."

Archival Overview

Pioneered UN Peacekeeping forces, defended the autonomy of the international civil service against superpower pressure, and remains the benchmark UN Secretary-General.

Biographical Record

Dag Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist, diplomat, and author who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until his death in a plane crash en route to Congo ceasefire negotiations. He defined the concept of UN peacekeeping, preventive diplomacy, and civil service impartiality, earning a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize in 1961.

Pioneered UN Peacekeeping forces, defended the autonomy of the international civil service against superpower pressure, and remains the benchmark UN Secretary-General.

Key Life Milestones

1956-11-04

Creating UN Peacekeepers (UNEF)

Organized the first United Nations Emergency Force during the Suez Crisis, inventing the modern institution of peacekeeping.

1961-12-10

Posthumous Nobel Peace Prize

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in tribute to his heroic diplomatic sacrifice for global peace in the Congo.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Uppsala Old Cemetery, Sweden
Ndola, Zambia
GPS: 59.3293, 18.0686
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