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Harald Smedvik

gymnast (1888-1956)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ1811471 ↗
Source-derived summary

Harald Gunvald Smedvik (28 March 1888 – 5 August 1956) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. As a member of the Norwegian team, he won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event in 1908.

Editorial summary

“Harald Smedvik” enters the record as gymnast (1888-1956). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Harald, Smedvik and gymnast can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1888, 1956, 1908—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1888-03-28. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Harald, Smedvik and gymnast.
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Why this record matters

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

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1811471. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1888, 1956 and 1908.

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This entry incorporates text from “Harald Smedvik” 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.