Remembering Dag Hammarskjold
Remembering Dag Hammarskjold Fifty-nine years today, Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash while flying to a peace conference in Ndola in the Congo, hoping to end the conflict called the Congo Crisis by negotiating a peace settlement. He died a hero's death, a martyr for peace and freedom. Today, on the anniversary of his death, I want to honor Dag Hammarskjold. Dag was the youngest son of Hjalmar Hammarskjold and Agnes Almquist Hammarskjold, part of the noble family Hammarskjold. At that time Hjalmar Hammarskjold was the governor of Uppsala County, so Dag, alongside his brothers, grew up in Uppsala Castle. Dag considered the beautiful castle to be his childhood home. But though he was born and raised in an illustrious family, Dag was no beneficiary of nepotism. From the beginning, it was clear that Dag was intelligent, compassionate, sensitive, and spiritual. At eighteen, Dag Hammarskjold enrolled in Uppsala University, majoring in Linguistics, Literature, and
