Hammarskjöld

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Ham·mar·skjöld (h

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ld, hä

mär-sh

), Dag Hjalmar Agné Carl 1905-1961.

Swedish political leader and secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-1961) who greatly increased the influence of the organization through his peacekeeping efforts in Suez, Lebanon, and Congo. He won the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.

Hammarskjöld [ˈhæməˌʃʊld (Swedish) ˈhamarʃœld]

(Biographies / Hammarskjöld, Dag (Hjalmar Agne Carl) (1905-1961) M, Swedish, POLITICS: statesman) Dag (Hjalmar Agne Carl) (dɑːg). 1905-61, Swedish statesman; secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-61): Nobel peace prize 1961

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