Dag Hammarskjöld

✶July 29, 1905

†September 18, 1961

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About their life

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.

UN Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961

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Biography from the article Dag Hammarskjöld on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.