Dag Hammarskjöld  ^listen (July 29, 1905 – September 18, 1961) was a Swedish diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in September 1961. UN general secretary Dag Hammarskjöld in June 1959 UN/DPI photo Number 62335 Source: [1] Enquiries about the photo UN Photo Library Department of Public Information Room S-805L United Nations New York, NY 10017 Fax (212)963-1658 This work is copyrighted. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... Order: 1st Secretary-General Term of Office: February 2, 1946–November 1952 Predecessor: none Successor: Dag Hammarskjöld Born: July 16, 1896 Place of birth: Oslo, Norway Died: December 30, 1968 Place of death: Geilo, Norway Trygve Halvdan Lie (July 16, 1896 - December 30, 1968) was a Norwegian politician. ... Order: 3rd Secretary-General Term of Office: November 30, 1962–December 31, 1971 (Acting Secretary-General from November 3, 1961 to November 30, 1962 Predecessor: Dag Hammarskjöld Successor: Kurt Waldheim Born: January 22, 1909 Place of birth: Pantanaw, Burma Died: November 25, 1974 Place of death: New York City, United... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jönköping [jœncøːpiŋ] is a Municipality in Jönköping County, in southern Sweden. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... Ndola is a city in Zambia, and is the main hub of the Copperbelt, a region in which Zambias copper is mined. ... The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in south-central Africa. ... To play the audio file do not click on the -image. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ...

Dag Hammarskjöld was born in Jönköping, in Sweden, although he lived most of childhood in Uppsala. He was the fourth and youngest son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Prime Minister of Sweden (1914–1917). His ancestors had served the Swedish Crown since the 17th century. He studied at Uppsala University where he graduated with a Master's degree in political economy and a Bachelor of Law degree. He then moved to Stockholm. Jönköping [jœncøːpiŋ] is a Municipality in Jönköping County, in southern Sweden. ... This article is about the modern city of Uppsala. ... The Prime Minister or Statsminister is the head of Government in Sweden. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For usages of The Crown in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, see Crown of the Polish Kingdom. ... Uppsala University Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... Political economy was the original term for the study of production and the relationships of buying and selling and their relationship to laws, customs and government. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries. ... The Stockholm City Hall Stockholm  listen is the capital and the largest city of Sweden. ...

In 1930–1934 he was a secretary of a governmental committee on unemployment. He also wrote his economics thesis Konjunkturspridningen (The Spread of the Business Cycle) and received his Doctorate from Stockholm University in 1933. In 1936 Hammarskjöld became a secretary in the Bank of Sweden and soon he was a undersecretary of finance. In 1941–1948 he served as a chairman of the Bank of Sweden. 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California during the Great Depression. ... Stockholm University Stockholm University, or Stockholms universitet, is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sveriges Riksbank is the central bank of Sweden, sometimes called just the Bank of Sweden. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Early in 1945, he was appointed an adviser to the cabinet on financial and economic problems, and coordinated, for example, government plans to alleviate the economic problems of the post-war period.

In 1947 Hammarskjöld was appointed to Sweden's Foreign Office, and in 1949 he became the Secretary General of the Foreign Office. He was a delegate in the Paris conference that established the Marshall Plan. In 1948 he was again in Paris to attend conference for the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. In 1950 he became a head of Sweden delegation to UNISCAN. In 1951, he became a cabinet minister without portfolio and in effect Deputy Foreign Minister. Although Hammarskjöld served with a cabinet dominated by the Social Democrats, he never officially joined any political party. On December 20 1954 he was elected to take his father's vacated seat in the Swedish Academy. In 1951 Hammarskjöld became vice chairman of Swedish delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in Paris. He became the chairman of the General Assembly in 1952 in New York. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for Swedish foreign policy. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in Swedish kabinettssekreterare, sometimes translated as Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs or Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is the highest position below the rank of cabinet minister. ... U.S. postage stamp issued 1997 honoring the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of those developed countries that accept the principles of representative democracy and a free market economy. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... The Social Democratic Labour Party of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti or SAP), is a one of the main political parties in Sweden. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Swedish Academy or Svenska Akademien, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

When Trygve Lie resigned from his post as UN Secretary General in 1953, the Security Council decided to recommend Hammarskjöld to the post. It came as a surprise to him. He was selected in March 31 with the majority of 10 out of eleven states. UN General assembly elected him in session in April 7–10 with votes of 57 out of 60. In 1957 he was re-elected. Order: 1st Secretary-General Term of Office: February 2, 1946–November 1952 Predecessor: none Successor: Dag Hammarskjöld Born: July 16, 1896 Place of birth: Oslo, Norway Died: December 30, 1968 Place of death: Geilo, Norway Trygve Halvdan Lie (July 16, 1896 - December 30, 1968) was a Norwegian politician. ... The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A session of the Security Council in progress The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ...

Hammarskjöld started his term by establishing his own secretariat of 4,000 administrators. He set up regulations that defined their responsibilities. He insisted that the secretary-general should be able to take emergency action without the prior approval of the Security Council or the General Assembly.

During his terms, Hammarskjöld tried to soothe relations between Israel and the Arab states. In 1956 he went to mainland China to negotiate a release of 15 US pilots who had served in the Korean War and been captured by the Chinese. In 1956 he established the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF). In 1957 he intervened in the Suez Crisis. In this map of China, the light-coloured areas represent Mainland China, while yellow coloured area refers to Taiwan. ... The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... The first United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) was established by United Nations General Assembly to secure an end to the 1956 Suez Crisis with resolution 1001 (ES-I) on November 7, 1956, and in large measure as a result of efforts by secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld and a proposal... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... HM Ships Eagle, Bulwark, and Albion of the British Royal Navy. ...

In 1960 the newly independent Congo asked for UN aid in defusing the escalating civil strife. Hammarskjöld made four trips to Congo. In September 1960 the Soviet Union denounced his decision to send a UN force to keep the peace. They demanded his resignation and replacement of the office of secretary general with a three-man troika. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In September 1961 he found out about the fighting between non-combatant UN forces and Katanga troops of Moise Tshombe. He was enroute to negotiate a cease-fire on the night of September 17-18 when his plane crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). He and fifteen others perished. There is still speculation as to the cause of the crash. 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... Katanga is the southern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, regional capital Lubumbashi (formerly Elizabethville). ... Moise Kapenda Tshombe (1919-June 29, 1969) was a Congolese politician. ... Ndola is a city in Zambia, and is the main hub of the Copperbelt, a region in which Zambias copper is mined. ...

Hammarskjöld posthumously received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961. His only book Vägmärken (Markings) was published in 1963. Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes requested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Order: 1st Secretary-General Term of Office: February 2, 1946–November 1952 Predecessor: none Successor: Dag Hammarskjöld Born: July 16, 1896 Place of birth: Oslo, Norway Died: December 30, 1968 Place of death: Geilo, Norway Trygve Halvdan Lie (July 16, 1896 - December 30, 1968) was a Norwegian politician. ... The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... Order: 3rd Secretary-General Term of Office: November 30, 1962–December 31, 1971 (Acting Secretary-General from November 3, 1961 to November 30, 1962 Predecessor: Dag Hammarskjöld Successor: Kurt Waldheim Born: January 22, 1909 Place of birth: Pantanaw, Burma Died: November 25, 1974 Place of death: New York City, United...