Secretary-General

Dag Hammarskjöld Funeral Service in Sweden

29 September 1961

The former Archbishop of Sweden, Erling Eidem, prays before the flag-draped coffin of the late UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld at the funeral service in Uppsala Cathedral this afternoon.
Facing the coffin are members of the Hammarskjöld family. On the other side were members of Sweden's Royal Family. Dignitaries from many lands attended the service in Uppsala, the ecclesiastical capital of Sweden and the place where Dag Hammarskjöld was raised.

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