In Dag Hammarskjöld’s essay for the radio program This I Believe, he discussed choosing the beliefs with which he was brought up as his own and by his own choice. Meaning that, as an adult, he’d considered his childhood faith and concluded he still believed in accordance with them. Later, in an essay titled “The […]
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The Best Biography at the 2026 American Book Fest International Book Awards in Los Angeles went to… 🥁 Decoding the Unicorn: A New Look at Dag Hammarskjöld! To be in the company of ABF winners like Martin Luther King III, Julie Andrews, Daymond John, and Bob Odenkirk is humbling and exciting. More than anything, I’m
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Nyligen läste jag en artikel av diplomaten och tidigare FN-tjänstemannen Shashi Tharoor med titeln The End of Certainties: A Diplomat’s Guide to a World of Interdependence Without Trust. Hans huvudpoäng är svår att bortse från: Vi lever i en värld som är mer sammankopplad än någonsin tidigare, samtidigt som tilliten tycks vara en allt större
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Recently, I read an article by diplomat and former United Nations official Shashi Tharoor titled The End of Certainties: A Diplomat’s Guide to a World of Interdependence Without Trust. His central argument is difficult to ignore: We live in a world that is more interconnected than ever before, yet trust appears to be in increasingly
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I am delighted to share some exciting news about Simply Dag: The Private Man in a Public—and Dangerous—Office. Before its official release on July 29, 2026, Simply Dag has received a 5-star review from Readers’ Favorite and has been entered into the Readers’ Favorite 2026 International Book Award Contest. For an author, there is always
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Besökare i Uppsala lägger ofta märke till att två av Sveriges mest inflytelserika gestalter tycks dela samma landskap. Den ene är Carl von Linné, 1700-talets naturforskare vars arbete bidrog till att lägga grunden för det moderna systemet för biologisk klassificering. Den andre är Dag Hammarskjöld, 1900-talets diplomat som skulle bli Förenta nationernas andre generalsekreterare. Trots
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Visitors to Uppsala often notice that two of Sweden’s most influential figures seem to occupy the same landscape. One is Carl Linnaeus, the eighteenth-century naturalist whose work helped establish the modern system of biological classification. The other is Dag Hammarskjöld, the twentieth-century diplomat who would become the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Although they
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Recently, I had the opportunity to join the Okie Bookcast for a conversation about my forthcoming book, Simply Dag: The Private Man in a Public—and Dangerous—Office. Naturally, we discussed Dag Hammarskjöld. We talked about his life, his legacy, and the challenge of writing about someone who remains both deeply admired and, in many ways, deeply
Historien bakom hans älskade svenska hem När människor tänker på Dag Hammarskjöld föreställer de sig ofta Förenta nationernas högkvarter i New York, spända diplomatiska förhandlingar eller stora internationella kriser. Ändå låg en av de platser som betydde mest för honom långt från världens politiska maktcentra. På 1950-talet köpte Hammarskjöld Backåkra, en gård i det vackra
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Why Did Dag Hammarskjöld Choose Backåkra? The Story Behind His Beloved Swedish Home When people think of Dag Hammarskjöld, they often picture the United Nations headquarters in New York, tense diplomatic negotiations, or major international crises. Yet one of the places that mattered most to him was far removed from the world’s political centers. In
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