Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld was a Swedish statesman, diplomat, and academic who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917. An independent conservative, he represented Uppsala County i
Hammarskjöld c. 1915–1925
Delegates, including Hammarskjöld (fourth from left), in Karlstad to negotiate the dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union, 1905. Karl Staaff (left), is also pictured.
Prime Minister Hammarskjöld on his way from the government building to the parliament in Stockholm in 1917.