Photos & images – Dag Hammarskjöld 1959-

Dag Hammarskjöld listens to a question during a press conference, 1959. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with Dag Hammarskjöld in New Delhi, 1959. (Photo: UN/DPI)

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

Dag Hammarskjöld and U Thant in the UN General Assembly, 1959. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld at a press conference after his trip to Africa, 1960. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld at Idlewild Airport in New York after his trip to the Congo, 1960. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld in Elisabethville, 1960. (Photo: UN/DPI)

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

Dag Hammarskjöld talks with Belgian officials in Katanga, 1960. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Yugoslavia’s President Tito, together with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, 1960. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Flags of the 16 new members of the United Nations, 1960. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld during a press conference, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld answers questions during the press conference, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld’s last UN meeting in New York, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld waiting for the Congolese Prime Minister Cyrille Adoula in Leopoldville, 1961. (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)

Rhodesia Governor General Lord Dalhousie at a memory ceremony dedicated to Dag Hammarskjöld, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Guard of honor inside the plane that carries Dag Hammarskjöld’s coffin, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld’s coffin arrives in Geneva, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Memory ceremony in the UN; the Dag Hammarskjöld Library is named, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Alva Myrdal and U Thant at Hammarskjöld’s memorial ceremony, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

Dag Hammarskjöld is honored in Sweden, 1961. (Photo: UN/DPI)

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

Bust of Dag Hammarskjöld at Uppsala castle, 2007. (Photo: Hagberg Media AB)