Photos & images – Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld, 1959. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld outside the UN building in New York, 1953. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Retiring Secretary-General Trygve Lie greets Dag Hammarskjöld welcome at Idlewild Airport in New York, 1953. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld is sworn in as UN Secretary-General, 10 April 1953. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld in his apartment on the 38th floor of the Secretariat building, 1954. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld at a press conference, 1954. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Press conference with Dag Hammarskjöld before his departure to China, 1954. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Chinese Prime Minister Chou En-Lai with Dag Hammarskjöld, 1955. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld reads at the Swedish Embassy in Peking, 1955. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld with Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser, 1956. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld photographing during the visit to Sharm El Sheik, 1958. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Close-up of Dag Hammarskjöld in Katanga, 1960. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld talks to members of the Congolese Government, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld inspects the UN foce’s guard of honor in the Congo, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

The flag outside the UN building at half-mast after the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld’s gravstone at Uppsala old cemetary, 2007. (Photo: Hagberg Media AB)