Backåkra, Former residence of UN Secretary-General in Österlen, Sweden.

Backåkra is a white farmhouse with traditional Swedish architecture standing on a large estate overlooking the Baltic Sea. The house now functions as a museum displaying personal belongings, art collections, and diplomatic gifts.

Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General from 1953 to 1961, bought the declining farm in 1957 as a summer residence; restoration continued past his death in 1961. The Swedish Tourist Association then took over the farm and opened a museum of his UN work. In April 2018 the UN Security Council met here, a rare session outside New York.

The name Backåkra belongs both to the farm and to the village whose lands lie less than a mile from the Baltic. After the 1803 land reform in Scania moved farms out of the village, Backåkra survives chiefly as a land register name. The old folkskola now serves as a summer hostel run by the Swedish Hiking Association.

The museum and café open only in the summer months, so time a visit accordingly. The farm lies between the Löderup beach and Sandhammaren in Ystad Municipality, with the 74-acre grounds and heath, forest and dunes around it; the meditation site is outdoors. The former village school now serves as a summer hostel of the Swedish Hiking Association.

In April 2018 the UN Security Council met at Backåkra, a rare session outside its New York headquarters. The farm also holds an outdoor meditation site on its 74-acre nature reserve, and the village's old folkskola now serves as a summer hostel run by the Swedish Hiking Association.