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Åke Hallgren

Swedish athletics competitor (1918-2005)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ5784860 ↗
Source-derived summary

Åke Vilhelm Bertil Hallgren (21 August 1918 – 17 June 2005) was a Swedish triple jumper. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and finished in ninth place. He won the national titles in 1940, 1941 and 1945.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Åke Hallgren” as swedish athletics competitor (1918-2005). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hallgren, Swedish and athletics.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1918, 2005, 1948, 1940—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1918-08-21. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hallgren, Swedish and athletics providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5784860. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1918, 2005, 1948 and 1940.

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This entry incorporates text from “Åke Hallgren” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.