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Nils Nilsson (wrestler)

Swedish wrestler (1899-1961)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ15999642 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nils Nilsson (7 January 1899 – 18 July 1961) was a Swedish wrestler. He competed in the freestyle featherweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Nils Nilsson (wrestler)” as swedish wrestler (1899-1961). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nils, Nilsson and wrestler.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1899, 1961, 1924—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1899-01-07. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nils, Nilsson and wrestler providing the first useful test.
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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 Jul 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15999642. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1899, 1961 and 1924.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nils Nilsson (wrestler)” 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.