Dag Hammarskjold Quotes


A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.


Citations

Hammarskjöld, Dag. Markings. Translated by Leif Sjöberg and W. H. Auden, Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

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Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold
  • Born: July 29, 1905
  • Died: September 18, 1961
  • Nationality: Swedish
  • Profession: Diplomat

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. As of 2021, Hammarskjöld remains the youngest person to have held the Secretary-General post, having been only 47 years old when he was appointed in 1953. His second term was cut short when he died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane in Northern Rhodesia while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. He is the only person in history to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.