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Erik Algot Fredriksson

Swedish tug of war competitor (1885–1930)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ592863 ↗
Source-derived summary

Erik Algot Fredriksson (13 June 1885 – 14 May 1930) a Swedish policeman who won a gold medal in the tug of war competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also won a world title in this event in 1913. He was killed in a car accident in 1930.

Editorial summary

“Erik Algot Fredriksson” enters the record as swedish tug of war competitor (1885–1930). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Erik, Algot and Fredriksson can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful synthesis for locating the documentary relationships between formal authority, participants and affected communities. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1885, 1930, 1912, 1913—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1885-06-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Erik, Algot and Fredriksson.
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Why this record matters

“Erik Algot Fredriksson” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Erik, Algot and Fredriksson provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q592863. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1885, 1930, 1912 and 1913.

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This entry incorporates text from “Erik Algot Fredriksson” 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.