Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture

Captivating lectures invited open dialogue

On 16 September, the Foundation and Uppsala University hosted the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture, one of the highlights on the Foundation’s calendar. The lecture is available to watch on our website.

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Ban Ki-moon delivers Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered the 2016 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture, becoming the 18th honouree of the lecture series.

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Helen Clark asks: The Future We Want – Can We Make it a Reality?

Helen Clark, Head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and former New Zealand Prime Minister, delivered the 2014 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture, the 16th honoree to do so since the lecture series was instituted two decades ago. Calling upon the lecture’s namesake, she invoked Dag Hammarskjöld saying that he not only belongs to Sweden, but belongs to the world as one of the last century’s greatest Statesman.