Dag Hammarskjöld: References & Edit History
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Joseph P. Lash, Dag Hammarskjold, Custodian of the Brushfire Peace (1961, reprinted 1974), treats his life and work. Sven Stolpe, Dag Hammarskjöld: A Spiritual Portrait (1966; originally published in Swedish), explores his faith and mysticism. Works concentrating on his UN tenure include Mark W. Zacher, Dag Hammarskjold’s United Nations (1970); Brian Urquhart, Hammarskjold (1972, reprinted 1994); Robert S. Jordan (ed.), Dag Hammarskjöld Revisited (1983); Peter B. Heller, The United Nations Under Dag Hammarskjöld, 1953–1961 (2001); Sten Ask and Anna Mark-Jungkvist, The Adventure of Peace: Dag Hammarskjöld and the Future of the UN (2005); and Susan Williams, Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: The UN, the Cold War, and White Supremacy in Africa (2011). Roger Lipsey, Hammarskjöld: A Life (2013), is the definitive biography. Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings (2006; originally published 1964), trans. from the Swedish by Leif Sjöberg and W.H. Auden, is a journal containing poetry and spiritual meditations.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: The Legacy Project - Dag Hammarskj?ld. | Sep 02, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Dag Hammarskj�ld. | Apr 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Dag Hammarskj�ld, the United Nations and Africa. | Sep 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Dag Hammarskj�ld, the United Nations and Africa. | Sep 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wilson Center - Dag Hammarskjold, His Critics, and the United Nations in 1956. | Jun 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Legacy Project - Dag Hammarskj?ld. | Apr 26, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Dag Hammarskjold: Was his death a crash or a conspiracy? | Dec 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: South African History Online - Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskj�ld. | Oct 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Dag Hammarskj�ld Foundation. | Jul 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Uppsala University - Biography of Dag Hammarskj�ld. | Feb 21, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: United Nations - Dag Hammarskjold. | Jul 09, 2018 | ||
| New titles added to the bibliography. | Jul 03, 2018 | ||
| Article revised to add a quotation from a 2017 UN report on his death. | Jul 03, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 02, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | May 21, 2018 | ||
| Added information about his plane crash, including a report released by the UN in 2017. | Oct 26, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Nov 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Dag Hammarskjold. | Feb 05, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: United Nations - Dag Hammarskjold Biography. | Jun 14, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Dag Hammarskj�ld. | Jun 14, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Apr 28, 1999 |