[1] Died in a plane crash en route to Zaire, where he was to have met with Moise Tshombe, leader of secessionist Katanga.
Father: Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (Swedish Prime Minister)
Mother: Maria Cöster
Brother: Bo
Brother: Åke
Brother: Sten
Law School: LLB, University of Uppsala
University: MA Political Science and Economics, University of Uppsala
University: PhD Economics, University of Stockholm (1936)
UN Secretary General (10-Apr-1953 to 18-Sep-1961)
Swedish Member of Parliament
Nobel Peace Prize (posthumous) 1961