Evening star

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Ambassador Johan Beck-Friis

I placed on each of the coffins a

green wreath with a blue and

yellow ribbon—the monogram

of the Swedish King. This was

a tribute by the royal family to

11 the victims of the Ndola crash,

11 which killed eight other Swedes

besides Mr. Hammarskjold, three

Americans, one Canadian, one

Irishman, one Haitian and one

Swiss. Five of the coffins of

Swedish victims were delivered

!in Malmoe, hometown of the

crew of the Hammarskjold

plane.

Premier Places Wreath

Premier Tage Erlander placed

a large green wreath with white

lilacs on the coffins of Mr.

Hammarskjold and the other

1 victims.

A state funeral for Mr. Ham

marskjold will be held tomor

row at the ancient university

I town of Uppsala. The ritual

follows that reserved for Swed

ish royalty and never accorded

to a commoner in this century.

From Stockholm, Mr. Ham

marsKjold's coffin will be taken

by car under police escort to

Uppsala. 45 miles north of the

capital.

The coffins of the other three

Swedish victims will be taken to

their home towns. The other

coffins will rest in a specially

decorated hangar with a guard

of U. N. soldiers until they are l

flown to their homes.

Private Ceremony Planned

At the tall. Gothic-style Upp

sala Cathedral a private cere

mony will follow the arrival of

Mr. Hammarskjold's body to the

Sweden, as Swedish soldiers stand at attention.

A state funeral will be held tomorrow.—AP

Wirephoto via radio from Stockholm.

city where he spent some of his

childhood and student days.

Mr. Hammarskpold's father

Hjalmar, Sweden’s Premier dur

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1961). Washington, D.C., 1961-09-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1961-09-28/ed-1/?sp=29

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1961-09-28.