Dag Hammarskjöld

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Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (July 29, 1905September 18, 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 September 18 1961.