Person Open DS/UK/9119 Hammarskjöld; Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl (1905-1961); Swedish diplomat, economist, author Hammarskjöld Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl 1905-1961 Swedish diplomat, economist, author Male

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (29 July 1905, Jönköping, Sweden – 18 September 1961, Ndola, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. The second Secretary-General of the United Nations, he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is one of just three people to be awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize. Hammarskjöld is the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office; his death occurred en route to cease-fire negotiations. American President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld 'the greatest statesman of our century'. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 11/20/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 1425c3c9-e6cd-45f7-a724-031f3a055970