Agnes Hammarskjöld (

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Almqvist; 1866–1940) was a

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woman who was the wife of

Hjalmar Hammarskjöld Knut Hjalmar Leonard Hammarskjöld (; 4 February 1862 – 12 October 1953) was a Swedish politician and scholar who served as the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1923 to 1938 in the first chamber ...

, a Swedish nobleman and prime minister from 1914 to 1917.

Biography

Agnes Almqvist was born in 1866. She hailed from an established family, and her father was Fridolf Almqvist who served as the director general of the National Prisons Board.

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist Carl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist (28 November 1793 – 26 September 1866) was a Swedish author, romantic poet, romantic critic of political economy, realist, composer and social critic. Biography Carl Jonas Love Almqvist was born in Stockhol ...

, an author, was her father's half-brother. Agnes had four brothers. She married Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, and they lived in Vasa Castle. They had four sons: Bo,

Åke Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/ Norweg ...

, Sten and Dag. She was a religious person and intensively dealt with

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. She was one of the confidants of Lars Olof Jonathan Soderblom, the

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Archbishop of Uppsala, bishop of Uppsala. She died in 1940 and was buried in the family grave in Uppsala. In October 2011 a book about her entitled ''Agnes dag: en bild av Agnes Maria Carolina Almquist, gift Hammarskjöld'' was published by Lisa Segerhed.

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