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Ingrid Gulbrandsen

Norwegian figure skater (1899-1975)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ4951286 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ingrid Halvarda Gulbrandsen (11 September 1899 – 3 November 1975) was a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, where she placed sixth. She was Norwegian champion in 1924.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ingrid Gulbrandsen” is norwegian figure skater (1899-1975). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ingrid, Gulbrandsen and Norwegian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1899, 1975, 1920, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1899-09-11. For this dossier, Ingrid, Gulbrandsen and Norwegian is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “norwegian figure skater (1899-1975)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

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 Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4951286. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1899, 1975, 1920 and 1924.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ingrid Gulbrandsen” 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.