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Bookmark or Share- Dag Hammarskjöld – Facts - NobelPrize.orgDag Hammarskjöld was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously. Prize share: 1/1. Diplomat and Peace Arbitrator. Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations, was born into Sweden's political elite. Both his training and his civil service career were in keeping with family traditions.
- Dag Hammarskjöld - WikipediaDag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (/ ˈhæmərʃʊld / HAM-ər-shuuld, [1] Swedish: [ˈdɑːɡ ˈhâmːarˌɧœld] ⓘ; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) 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.
- Mystery still surrounds death of revered UN chief ... - UN NewsA new United Nations-mandated report has found it “appears plausible” that an external attack or threat may have led to the fatal plane crash that killed former UN Secretary-General Dag...
- Dag Hammarskjold | Biography, UN, Death, & Facts | BritannicaDag Hammarskjold, Swedish economist and statesman who served as the second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953–61) and enhanced the prestige and effectiveness of the UN. He was posthumously awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1961.
- Dag Hammarskjöld – Speed read - NobelPrize.orgDag Hammarskjöld, the UN’s second secretary-general, is the only Nobel Peace Prize laureate to have received the award posthumously. Hammarskjöld built up an effective, autonomous UN secretariat, adopting an independent stance in relation to the major powers.
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