The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation is an independent, non-governmental foundation based in Uppsala, Sweden. It was established in 1962 in memory of the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the initiative of the Swedish Parliament and following a national fundraising campaign in the months after his death in 1961 

The purpose of the Foundation is to organise seminars, conferences and workshops on political, social, economic and cultural issues facing the Global South. The Foundation is an operating and not a grant-making foundation and its work programmes are carried out under its own auspices.