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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Hammarskjöld, Dag Hjalmar Agné Carl
 
SYLLABICATION:Ham·mar·skjöld
PRONUNCIATION:  hmr-shld, -shld, hämär-shœld
DATES:1905–1961
Swedish political leader and secretary-general of the United Nations (1953–1961) who greatly increased the influence of the organization through his peacekeeping efforts in Suez, Lebanon, and Congo. He won the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize posthumously.
 
 
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