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Reidar Johansen

Norwegian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ7310020 ↗
Source-derived summary

Reidar Johansen (born 18 May 1955 in Hammerfest) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. Johansen was involved in local politics in Sørøysund Municipality and later in Hammerfest Municipality between 1983 and 1989.

References

"Reidar Johansen" (in Norwegian). Storting. Retrieved 17 August 2007.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Reidar Johansen” as norwegian politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1955, 1989, 1983, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1955-05-18. The account is most persuasive where Reidar, Johansen and Norwegian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as norwegian politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7310020. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955, 1989, 1983 and 2007.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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.

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This entry incorporates text from “Reidar Johansen” 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.