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Dag Hammarskjöld(1905-1961)

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Dag Hammarskjöld
Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Dag Hammarskjöld was born on 29 July 1905 in Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden. He died on 18 September 1961 in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia].
BornJuly 29, 1905
DiedSeptember 18, 1961(56)
BornJuly 29, 1905
DiedSeptember 18, 1961(56)
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Known for

Elvis Presley in The Twentieth Century (1957)
The Twentieth Century
8.0
TV Series
  • Self
Kansakuntien asialla
Short
  • Self
  • 1956
Aus erster Hand - Interviews mit den führenden Männern unserer Zeit
TV Series
  • Self
Danny Kaye and Adolph Zukor in Assignment Children (1955)
Assignment Children
6.5
Short
  • Self
  • 1955

Credits

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Self

  • Jag minns mitt 60-tal (1993)
    Jag minns mitt 60-tal
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1993
  • Elvis Presley in The Twentieth Century (1957)
    The Twentieth Century
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1962
  • Aus erster Hand - Interviews mit den führenden Männern unserer Zeit
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1959
  • Kansakuntien asialla
    Short
    • Self
    • 1956
  • Danny Kaye and Adolph Zukor in Assignment Children (1955)
    Assignment Children
    6.5
    Short
    • Self
    • 1955
  • Person to Person (1953)
    Person to Person
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1954

Archive Footage

  • Josh Gates in Expedition Files (2024)
    Expedition Files
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Self - U.N. Secretary General (archive footage)
    • 2026
  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
    7.8
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2024
  • The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022)
    The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Self - Secretary-General of the United Nations (archive footage)
    • 2023
  • JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)
    JFK: Destiny Betrayed
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2021
  • John F. Kennedy in JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
    7.5
    • Self - U.N. Secretary General 1953 - 1961 (archive footage)
    • 2021
  • Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
    Cold Case Hammarskjöld
    7.5
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2019
  • Att smycka en vision (2017)
    Att smycka en vision
    TV Special
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2017
  • Air Crash Investigation (2003)
    Air Crash Investigation
    8.8
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2016
  • Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, and Dakota Fanning in The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
    The Last of Robin Hood
    5.7
    • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
    • 2013
  • Political Assassination (2010)
    Political Assassination
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2010
  • Husker du... (2004)
    Husker du...
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2005
  • Suomen itsenäisyys - Osa 3
    Short
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 1967
  • NBC White Paper
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Self - with Congolese Leader (archive footage)
    • 1966
  • Viewpoint
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 1963
  • Jaaroverzicht (1960)
    Jaaroverzicht
    TV Special
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 1960

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Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
  • Born
    • July 29, 1905
    • Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden
  • Died
    • September 18, 1961
    • Ndola, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia](plane crash)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 6 Print Biographies
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 4 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Posthumously awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1961.
  • Quotes
    [on death and life] The hardest thing of all--to die rightly-an exam nobody is spared-and how many pass it?

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