Black-and-white photograph of Dag Hammarskjöld with a camera.

Dag Hammarskjöld as Photographer

As Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld became one of the most prominent Swedes of the 20th century. One of his major hobbies was photography. After Hammarskjöld’s death in 1961, numerous photo albums were discovered in his New York apartment. Today, the albums – containing more than 2,000 photographs – are part of Dag Hammarskjöld’s personal archive at the National Library of Sweden.

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