Åke ''Hugo'' Hammarskjöld (20 January 1845 in Tuna,

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– 3 June 1937 in Tuna), was a

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public servant and politician, brother to Carl Hammarskjöld and cousin of Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld and

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. His parents were captain Carl Leonard Hammarskjöld and Beata Hammarskjöld, born Tham. In 1870, he married Lucie von Krusenstjerna, daughter of Captain G. F. von Krusenstjerna and Fredrika von Krusenstjerna, born in Danielsson. After finishing secondary school at the

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,http://www.nad.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=12547 Hammarskjöld studied to become an architect at Konsthögskolan's ''(Higher School of Art)'', graduating in 1869. When his father died, the family willed the Tuna mansion to Hugo Hammarskjöld and brother Carl Hammarskjöld, whereupon Hugo would reside at the estate. Hammarskjöld entered politics at a young age, but mostly dealt in church politics. He was elected to the second chamber of the

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in 1893 and was re-elected in 1903 serving two separate terms, 1894-1896 and 1903-1908. From 1909-1918 he was part of the ''

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''. In 1905, he was offered a position as the

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but declined. Nonetheless, another offer was made in 1906 from

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, which Hammarskjöld accepted. Even as a minister, Hammarskjöld's interest for religion and church related topics would to be critical. Through a proposal that the elementary school should be run by the city council in Sweden's biggest cities, something that already was being done in

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and

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, he received a great deal of resistance from the likes of

Gottfrid Billing Axel ''Gottfrid'' Leonard Billing (29 April 1841 – 14 January 1925) was a Swedish cleric and theologian who served as a member of the Swedish Academy, member of the Första kammaren in the Riksdag and served as Bishop of Lund from 1898 until 1 ...

. When he later made a proposal concerning the so-called priestly privileges, which Hammarskjöld found old fashioned, and the wage control for priests, it was voted down in the first chamber. After this, Hammarskjöld chose to leave the government.

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*Swedish biographic lexicon (''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon), Vol. 18, page 174-175 *Norberg, Tvåkammarriksdagen 1867-1970, Vol. 2. *Swedish Men and Women (''Svenska män och kvinnor''), Vol. 3. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammarskjold, Hugo 1845 births 1937 deaths People from Kalmar County Members of the Första kammaren Members of the Andra kammaren Swedish Ministers of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs

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