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Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjld was a Swedish politician, scholar, cabinet minister, Member of Parliament from 1923 to 1938 , and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917.

The son of Knut, a lieutenant and landowner, and Maria Cster, Hjalmar Hammarskjld was born into the Hammarskjld family in Tuna, Vimmerby, Kalmar County. He was a versatile legal expert and prominent as both a scientist and as a legislator. In 1891 he became a professor in Uppsala and had a great influence on Swedish and Nordic civil law. He laid the foundation for his reputation as a great expert in international law at the same time through diligent work in international meetings, and became a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 1904 at The Hague.

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