the parties and the defense problem was solved to the satisfaction of the military. Hammarskjöld was principled and inflexible in his interpretations of civil law during the height of the war. It was during this time that the term "Hunger shield" (Swedish: Hungerskjöld) was coined, because his intractability impeded efforts to get necessary food exports into Sweden. He was seen as too friendly towards Germany when he rejected the proposal for a common trade agreement with Great Britain that Marcus Wallenberg, brother of the foreign minister Knut Wallenberg, had brought home from London in 1917. The split between the PM and the Foreign Minister became apparent and the leaders of the right-wing in the parliament revoked their support for the prime minister, who was forced to submit his resignation. Hammarskjöld had a dominant nature and was perceived by his opponents as authoritarian and strong-willed, but claims that he favoured Germany lack documented support. He had many prestigious assignments, for example chairman of the Nobel Foundation 1929–47 and member of parliament (independent conservative). He was voted into the Swedish Academy in 1918 to the same chair as Prime Minister Louis De Geer had occupied, number 17. Hammarskjöld's son, Dag, inherited the chair, as well as the position, after his death. Hammarskjöld's investigations were a major contributing factor to the decision to establish the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden. Hjalmar Hammarskjöld died on 12 October 1953 in Stockholm, just over 6 months after his youngest son became the 2nd Secretary General of the United Nations. Literature T. Gihl, The history of Swedish foreign policy 4 (1951) D. Hammarskjöld, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld: entry speech in the Swedish Academy (1954) W. Carlgren, The minister Hammarskjöld (1967) S.A. Söderpalm, The big company owners and the democratic breakthrough (1969) References External links 1862 births 1953 deaths People from Vimmerby Municipality Members of the Riksdag Members of the Swedish Academy Swedish nobility Swedish Lutherans Prime Ministers of Sweden Uppsala University alumni Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Governors of Uppsala County Burials at Uppsala old cemetery 20th-century Swedish judges Swedish judges of international courts and tribunals Swedish people of Belgian descent Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala Hjalmar