What is Dag Hammarskjöld?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Dag Hammarskjöld | nationality = [[Sweden|Swedish]] | image = Dag Hammerskjold, Bestanddeelnr 912-9459 (cropped).jpg | order = 2nd [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] | term_start = April 10, 1953 | term_end = September 18, 1961 | predecessor = [[Trygve Lie]] | successor = [[U Thant]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1905|7|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Jönköping]], [[Sweden]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1961|09|18|1905|07|29}} | death_place = [[Ndola]], [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] | spouse = | party = | vicepresident = }} {{nobelprize|Peace}}'''Dag Hammarskjold''' (Swedish: '''Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld''') (29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[diplomat]] and the second [[United Nations Secretary-General|Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations]]. He served as Secretary-General from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in what is now [[Zambia]], on 18 September 1961. He was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] after his death in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/nomination/nomination_faq.html |title=Nomination FAQ on Nobel Prize |access-date=2012-04-30 |archive-date=2012-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516102347/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/nomination/nomination_faq.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Note== {{reflist}} {{UNSecretary-General}} {{Nobel Peace Prize}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammarskjold, Dag}} [[Category:Aviation deaths]] [[Category:Swedish diplomats]] [[Category:Swedish Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:1961 deaths]]