Agnes Hammarskjöld
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January 15, 1866
Agnes Hammarskjöld | |
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.jpg) Hammarskjöld c. 1907-1908 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| Assumed role 1914–1917 | |
| Prime Minister | Hjalmar Hammarskjöld |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Agnes Maria Carolina Almquist January 15, 1866 Stockholm |
| Died | January 21, 1940 (74) Stockholm |
| Spouse | Hjalmar Hammarskjöld |
| Children | 4 |
Agnes Hammarskjöld (née Almqvist; 1866–1940) was a Swedish woman who was the wife of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, a Swedish nobleman and prime minister from 1914 to 1917.
Agnes Almqvist was born in 1866.[1] She hailed from an established family, and her father was Fridolf Almqvist who served as the director general of the National Prisons Board.[2] Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, an author, was her father's half-brother.[1] Agnes had four brothers.[3]
She married Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, and they lived in Vasa Castle.[4] They had four sons: Bo, Åke, Sten and Dag.[5]
She was warm and generous, combining intellectualism with a strong emotional side. The day she died, Dag Hammarskjöld wrote to a friend, "She had the qualities I admire the most: she was courageous and good."[6]
She was a religious person and intensively dealt with theology.[7] She was one of the confidants of Lars Olof Jonathan Soderblom, the Lutheran bishop of Uppsala.[7] She died in 1940 and was buried in the family grave in Uppsala.[2][8]
In October 2011 a book about her entitled Agnes dag: en bild av Agnes Maria Carolina Almquist, gift Hammarskjöld was published by Lisa Segerhed.[3]
