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Besserud (station)

railway station in Vestre Aker, Norway

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ4896444 ↗
Source-derived summary

Besserud is a station on the Holmenkollen Line (Line 1) on the Oslo Metro, between Midtstuen and Holmenkollen.

History

The station was opened as the terminus of the Holmenkollen Line on 31 May 1889, and was originally named Holmenkollen. When the line was extended to Frognerseteren on 16 May 1916 the station acquired its current name. The architect for the wooden station building was Paul Due.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Besserud (station)” as railway station in Vestre Aker, Norway. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Besserud, station and railway.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1889, 1916—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1898-05-31. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Besserud, station and railway providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Besserud (station)”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Vestre Aker, Norway” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4896444. Authority coordinates are 59.958, 10.673. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1889 and 1916.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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  2. Expand the search: follow Besserud (station) primary sources, Besserud (station) archive and Besserud research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Besserud (station)” 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.