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Ham⋅mar⋅skjöld

[hah-mer-shohld, -shuhld, ham-er-; Sw. hahm-ahr-shœld]
–noun
Dag Hjal⋅mar [dahg yahl-mahr] , 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel peace prize 1961.
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Ham·mar·skjöld   (hām'ər-shōld', -shəld, hä'mär-shɶld')   
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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