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Dag Hammarskjöld

1905–1961 · 20th century

Dag Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 to 1961. He expanded the role of the office, developing UN peacekeeping during the Suez Crisis of 1956. He died in a plane crash near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia in September 1961 while trying to negotiate in the Congo crisis, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.

Dag Hammarskjöld
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dag Hammarskjöld. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dag-hammarskjold
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