Swedish Wilderness : the mountain world of Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld won global recognition as a peacemaker during his tenure as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1961. Less well known is that he also was an avid mountain hiker and a sensitive nature writer. His work is considered to be [...]
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Dag Hammarskjöld won global recognition as a peacemaker during his tenure as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1961. Less well known is that he also was an avid mountain hiker and a sensitive nature writer. His work is considered to be among the best ever written on Sweden’s mountain ranges.

Photographer Claes Grundsten spent years trekking in Hammarskjöld’s footsteps to take pictures that follow his stories. The result is the largest photo book ever produced about Sweden’s mountains, combining peerless images with the best of Hammarskjöld’s texts. It is a magnificent depiction of a unique mountain world, with many panoramic images that give the reader an almost overwhelming sense of the grandeur of Europe’s last wilderness.

The book depicts the most well-known Swedish mountains, including Sarek, Vålådalen, Abisko and Kebnekaise. The Swedish edition is entitled Dag Hammarskjölds fjällvärld.

Som fredsmäklare och FN:s generalsekreterare blev Dag Hammarskjöld världsberömd. Mindre känt är att han också var en hängiven fjällvandrare och en lyhörd naturskildrare. Hans texter anses vara bland det bästa som skrivits om den svenska fjällvärlden. I många år har fotografen Claes Grundsten vandrat i Hammarskjölds fotspår och tagit bilder som följer hans berättelser. Resultatet är den största fotobok om fjällen som någonsin har gjorts, med de bästa av Hammarskjölds texter - en magnifik skildring av vår unika fjällvärld. Bokens många panoramabilder ger läsaren en nästan överväldigande upplevelse av Europas sista vildmark. Här skildras den svenska fjällvärldens mest kända områden, till exempel Sarek, Vålådalen, Abisko och Kebnekaise. Boken utkommer även i en svensk utgåva med titeln Dag Hammarskjölds fjällvärld.