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Lauritz Johan Riise

Norwegian politician (1910-1978)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ11135193 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lauritz Johan Riise (2 August 1910 – 30 April 1978) was a Norwegian politician.

He was born in Sortland Municipality to Lauritz Johan Riise Sr. and Julie Berg. He was elected representative to the Storting for Nordland for the period 1954–1957 for the Conservative Party.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lauritz Johan Riise” as norwegian politician (1910-1978). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1910, 1978, 1954, 1957—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1910-08-02. The account is most persuasive where Lauritz, Johan and Riise can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as norwegian politician (1910-1978). 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 Mar 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11135193. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1910, 1978, 1954 and 1957.

Critical limits

Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Lauritz Johan Riise”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Lauritz Johan Riise primary sources, Lauritz Johan Riise archive and Lauritz research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Lauritz Johan Riise”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “Lauritz Johan Riise” 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.