Åke Hugo Hammarskjöld (20 January 1845 – 3 June 1937), was a Swedish public servant and politician, brother to Carl Hammarskjöld and cousin of

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. Hammarskjöld was born in Tuna,

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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 Danielsson. After finishing secondary school at

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, 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 to 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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, he received a great deal of resistance from the likes of Gottfrid Billing. 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. Hammarskjöld died in Tuna.

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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 Vimmerby Municipality Members of the Första kammaren Members of the Andra kammaren Ministers of education and ecclesiastical affairs of Sweden Hugo