Dag hammarskjold new biography 2016

The volume follows Hammarskjöld from his aristocratic childhood in Sweden to his youth in Uppsala castle, from his successful and rather unknown period as a..

Dag Hammarskjöld

UN Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (English: HAM-ər-shuuld,^[1]Swedish:[ˈdɑːɡˈhâmːarˌɧœld]^ⓘ; 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.

As of 2025, he remains the youngest person to have held the post, having been only 47 years old when he was appointed.

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In the nearly pages the reader gets a detailed insight into Dag Hammarskjöld's life during his years as UN Secretary-General and how the political events of.

The volume follows Hammarskjöld from his aristocratic childhood in Sweden to his youth in Uppsala castle, from his successful and rather unknown period as a.

In this captivating and concise biography, Dag Hammarskjöld the man and the diplomat emerges in a new and vivid way.

Dag Hammarskjold was a unprepossessing Swedish civil servant when his name was selected to and vetted and eventually elected to become the second Secretary-.

He was a son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.

Hammarskjöld's tenure was characterized by efforts to strengthen the newly formed UN both internally and externally. He led initiatives to improve morale and organisational efficiency while seeking to make the UN more responsive to global issues.

He presided over the creation of the first UN peacekeeping forces in Egypt (the UNEF) and the Congo (the ONUC) and personally intervened to defuse or r