Hammarskjöld: Meaning and Definition of

Ham•mar•skjöld

Pronunciation: (hä'mur-shōld", -shuld, ham'ur- Sw. häm'är-shœld"), [key]
  1. 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel peace prize 1961.
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