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Hjalmar Hammarskjöld

1862 - 1953

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Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld (Swedish: [ˈjǎlmar ˈhâmːarˌɧœld]; 4 February 1862 – 12 October 1953) was a Swedish politician and scholar who served as the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1923 to 1938 in the first chamber. Hammarskjöld led Sweden's government during most of the First World War, and maintained the nation's neutrality in that conflict. He was ideologically conservative, although he was never officially a member of any political party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hjalmar Hammarskjöld is the 9,755th most popular politician (down from 9,364th in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 99th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld ranks 9,755 out of 19,576. Before him are Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Randolph Churchill, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Nicolás Avellaneda, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, and Marfa Sobakina. After him are Enlil-nadin-apli, Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani, Bolesław the Pious, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Harry Hopkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld ranks 73. Before him are Paul Adam, Theodor Boveri, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Henri Le Sidaner, Okakura Kakuzō, and Carl Charlier. After him are Maurice Emmanuel, Adolphe Appia, Marcel Prévost, Agnes Pockels, Alexander Guchkov, and Bajram Curri. Among people deceased in 1953, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld ranks 71. Before him are René Fonck, Chōjun Miyagi, Karl Staaf, Boris Kidrič, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, and Iuliu Maniu. After him are Holger Pedersen, James Finlayson, Nikolay Zelinsky, Vsevolod Merkulov, Vydūnas, and Helene Mayer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld ranks 387 out of 1,879. Before him are Johan August Brinell (1849), Ernst Fast (1881), Sixten Jernberg (1929), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Carl Charlier (1862), and Tore Keller (1905). After him are Art Spiegelman (1948), Prince August, Duke of Dalarna (1831), Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100), Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1753), Anita Björk (1923), and Ernst Alexanderson (1878).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld ranks 99. Before him are Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818), Svante Nilsson (1460), Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), Börje Salming (1951), Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750), and Ernst Fast (1881). After him are Prince August, Duke of Dalarna (1831), Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1753), Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1629), Staffan de Mistura (1947), Ola Ullsten (1931), and Björn at Haugi (832).

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