1961

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Dag Hammarskjöld at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Dag Hammarskjöld (right). Photo taken in the 1950s. The funeral of Dag Hammarskjöld in Uppsala, 29 September 1961.

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Dag Hammarskjöld was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for turning the United Nations into an efficient and independent international organisation. Dag Hammarskjöld Full name: Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl HammarskjöldBorn: 29 July 1905, Jönköping, SwedenDied: 18 September 1961, Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)Date awarded: 23 October 1961 Diplomat and peace mediator Dag Hammarskjöld, the ’s second…

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Banquet speech

Georg von Békésy’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1961 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is hard to find words that can adequately express my feelings of gratitude for this high honor that has been bestowed upon me. But as I stand here detached from the laboratory…

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Acceptance Speech

Acceptance by Rolf Edberg, Swedish Ambassador to Norway, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, December 10, 1961 It is with infinite sadness that I have received, at the request of the administrators of the estate of Dag Hammarskjöld, the prize for the year 1961 awarded posthumously to a…

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