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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Dag Hammarskjold, Gunnar Myrdal, Anders Chydenius, Knut Wicksell, Herman Wold, Bertil Ohlin, Sven Rydenfelt, Anders Borg, Vela Velupillai, Axel Leijonhufvud, Rudolf Meidner, Ingeman Arbnor, Nils Brunsson, Staffan Burenstam Linder, Gustav Cassel, Lars Heikensten, Ivar Rooth, Assar Lindbeck, Lars E. O. Svensson, Tonu Puu, Kjell A. Nordstrom, Sune Carlson, Nils Lundgren, Stefan Ingves, Eli Heckscher, Jan Stenbeck, Klas Eklund, Sture Eskilsson, Bjorn Bjerke, Magnus Henrekson, Torsten Persson, Erik Lindahl, Stefan Hedlund, Urban Backstrom, Sten Malmquist, Erik Lundberg, Ingvar Svennilson, Adolph Modeer, Tobias Nielsen, Christer Zetterberg, Carl B. Hamilton, Lars Calmfors, David Davidson, Gosta Bagge, Per Krusell, Peter Englund, Bertil Holmlund, Gustaf Akerman, Robert Gidehag, Harry Flam, Bertil Naslund. Excerpt: Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold (.)) (29 July 1905 - 18 September 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. An early Secretary-General of the United Nations, he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is the only person to have been awarded a posthumous Nobel Peace Prize. Hammarskjold remains the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office, and his death occurred en route to cease-fire negotiations. Praised by many, President of the United States John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjold "the greatest statesman of our century." Hammarskjold's birth houseDag Hammarskjold was born in Jonkoping, Sweden, but spent most of his childhood in Uppsala. The fourth and youngest son of Hjalmar Hammarskjold, Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917, and Agnes Hammarskjold (nee Almquist), Hammarskjold's ancestors served the Monarchy of Sweden since the 17th century. He studied first at Katedralskolan and then at Uppsala University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and a...
