Obverse: portrait of Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld. His name is embossed on the top and the year of his birth, '1905-2005', is embossed on the bottom.
Reverse: depicts stylised flames. Above: text from the interpretation of Saint John Perse's 'Chronicle' by the French writer and Nobel Prize winner for literature. To the left of the stylised flames is the letter 'E' for Eskilstuna, the place where the coin was minted, and to the right the letter 'H'.
