On March 10 Sweden Post (Posten) honored the Swedish former United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year, by issuing two stamp designs: a portrait of Dag Hammarskjöld and the waving United Nations flag. Hammarskjöld served as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Dag Hammarskjöld was known as an efficient and engaged leader who vigorously asserted the integrity of the United Nations and the interests of smaller nations. Dag Hammarskjöld was born in Jönköping, Sweden in 1905. In 1953 Hammarskjöld rose to the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
One of Dag Hammarskjöld's greatest achievements was the creation of
a United Nations peacekeeping force,
which he organized in response to the 1956 Suez crisis. Since then this military
force has been used in a string
of similar situations. Dag Hammarskjöld's last major crisis situation
was in Congo. In 1961 he flew to the scene for negotiations. The plane crashed
en route to Ndola. Hammarskjöld posthumously received the Nobel Peace
Prize the same year.
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Photography by: Yousuf Karsh/Pressens Bild
Flag illustrated by: Anders Holmquist and Frank Martin
Engraved by: Piotr Naszarkowski
Designed by: Gustav Malmfors
Manufacturing process: Two-color intaglio
Format: Roll (two designs)
Denomination: First-Class Domestic
If you have any questions please contact:
Thérèse Bergling, PR and Communications
tel: +46 8 781 64 60,
fax: +46 8 752 67 48
e-mail: therese.bergling@pf.posten.se
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