Hjalmar Hammarskjöld

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
13th Prime Minister of Sweden
In office 17 February 1914 – 30 March 1917 (3 years, 41 days)
Monarch	Gustaf V
Preceded by	Karl Staaff
Succeeded by	Carl Swartz
Personal details
Born	Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld (1862-02-04)February 4, 1862 Tuna, Sweden
Died	October 12, 1953(1953-10-12) (aged 91) Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse(s)	Agnes Almquist

Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld, born 4 February 1862, dead 12 October 1953, was a Swedish politician, scholar, cabinet minister and Member of Parliament from 1923 to 1938 (first chamber). He served as the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.

In 1890, he married Agnes Almquist (1866–1940). The couple had four sons: Bo, Åke, Sten and Dag.

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Political offices
Preceded by Karl Staaff	Prime Minister of Sweden 1914-1917	Succeeded by Carl Swartz
Preceded by Henrik Schück	Chairman of the Nobel Foundation 1929–1947	Succeeded by Birger Ekeberg

Preceded by Pehr Jacob von Ehrenheim

Swedish Academy, Seat No.17 1918-1953

Succeeded by Dag Hammarskjöld