Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
| Hjalmar Hammarskjöld | |
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| 13th Prime Minister of Sweden | |
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In office 17 February 1914 – 30 March 1917 (3 years, 41 days) |
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| Monarch | Gustaf V |
| Preceded by | Karl Staaff |
| Succeeded by | Carl Swartz |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld 4 February 1862 Tuna, Småland |
| Died | 12 October 1953 (aged 91) |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Almquist (1866-1940) |
| Religion | Lutheran/Church of Sweden |
Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld (4 February 1862 – 12 October 1953) was a Swedish politician, scholar, cabinet minister, Member of Parliament from 1923 to 1938 (first chamber), and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.
In 1890, he married Agnes Almquist (1866–1940). The couple had four sons: , Åke, Sten and Dag.
The son of Knut, a lieutenant and landowner, and Maria Cöster, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld was born into the Hammarskjöld family in Tuna, Vimmerby, Kalmar County. He was a versatile legal expert and prominent as both a scientist and as a legislator. In 1891 he became a professor in Uppsala and had a great influence on Swedish and Nordic civil law. He laid the foundation for his reputation as a great expert in international law at the same time through diligent work in international meetings, and became a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 1904 at The Hague.
As Minister of Justice from 1901 to 1902 in Fredrik von Otter's government he made an ambitious but unsuccessful attempt to resolve the problems concerning the right to vote, and was, on his resignation, appointed president of the Göta court of appeal. In connection with the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway, he was minister of ecclesiastical affairs in Christian Lundeberg's coalition government and negotiator in Karlstad. In 1905 he was appointed to be the Swedish ambassador to Copenhagen. He returned in 1907 to Uppsala as county governor of Uppsala, but often took leave of absence for various other assignments.
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