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Born January 31, 1902 • Uppsala • Sweden
Died February 1, 1986 (aged 84) • near Stockholm • Sweden
Title / Office parliament (1962-1966), Sweden
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1982)
Notable Family Members spouse Gunnar Myrdal
Subjects Of Study nuclear weapon • disarmament

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Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Swedish politician
Bernadotte, Folke, Greve
Greve Folke Bernadotte
Swedish diplomat
Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari
president of Finland
Ralph Bunche, 1951.
Ralph Bunche
American diplomat
Pearson, Lester B.
Lester B. Pearson
prime minister of Canada
Branting, detail from an oil painting by Richard Bergh; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Karl Hjalmar Branting
Swedish statesman
Blix, Hans
Hans Blix
Swedish diplomat
Nansen, Fridtjof
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer and scientist
Annan, Kofi
Kofi Annan
Ghanaian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations
Murad, Nadia
Nadia Murad
Iraqi human rights activist
Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull
United States statesman
Lord Noel-Baker.
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
British statesman
Cassin, René
René Cassin
French jurist
Estournelles de Constant, Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'
Paul-H.-B. d’Estournelles de Constant
French diplomat
Douglas Richard Hurd
British diplomat
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
prime minister of Israel
George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
president of United States
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
American diplomat, humanitarian and first lady
Samantha Power
Samantha Power
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