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Mikael Nilsson (footballer, born 1967)

Swedish footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 3, 2025
Entity authorityQ18344747 ↗
Source-derived summary

Per Mikael Christian Nilsson (born 16 June 1967) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Tyresö FF and Djurgårdens IF. He made 52 Allsvenskan appearances for Djurgården.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Mikael Nilsson (footballer, born 1967)” is swedish footballer. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Mikael, Nilsson and footballer, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1967-06-16. For this dossier, Mikael, Nilsson and footballer is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “swedish footballer” 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

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 3, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q18344747. VIAF identifies the subject as 100393849. The Library of Congress control number is n2008016477. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967.

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
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mikael Nilsson (footballer, born 1967)”, its source revision and the description used here.
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  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 “Mikael Nilsson (footballer, born 1967)” 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.