Dag Hammarskjöld
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In office April 10, 1953 – September 18, 1961 |
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Preceded by | Trygve Lie |
Succeeded by | U Thant |
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Born | July 29 1905 Jönköping, Sweden |
Died | September 18 1961 (aged 56) Ndola, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
Nationality | Swedish |
Religion | Lutheran/Church of Sweden |
Dag Hammarskjold (Swedish: Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld) (29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish diplomat and the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. He served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in what is now Zambia on 18 September 1961.
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Gladwyn Jebb (United Kingdom) • Trygve Lie (Norway) • Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden) • U Thant (Burma) • Kurt Waldheim (Austria) |