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Harry Jansson

Swedish speed skater (1916-2002)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 3, 2024
Entity authorityQ5670042 ↗
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Gustav Harry Jansson (also known as Harry Jangneus, June 4, 1916 – March 11, 2002) was a Swedish speed skater who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.

In 1948 he finished fourth in the 5000 metres competition, fifth in the 1500 metres event, and eighth in the 10000 metres competition.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Harry Jansson” as swedish speed skater (1916-2002). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1916, 2002, 1948, 1500—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1916-06-04. The account is most persuasive where Harry, Jansson and Swedish can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as swedish speed skater (1916-2002). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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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 Dec 3, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q5670042. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1916, 2002, 1948 and 1500.

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This entry incorporates text from “Harry Jansson” 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.