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Olaf Solberg

Norwegian rower (1885-1968)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 16, 2024
Entity authorityQ7082995 ↗
Source-derived summary

Olaf Solberg (10 February 1885 – 31 July 1968) was a Norwegian rower who competed for Christiania Roklub. He competed in eight and in coxed four, inriggers at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Olaf Solberg” as norwegian rower (1885-1968). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

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—1885, 1968, 1912—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1885-02-10. The account is most persuasive where Olaf, Solberg and Norwegian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as norwegian rower (1885-1968). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 16, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q7082995. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1885, 1968 and 1912.

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This entry incorporates text from “Olaf Solberg” 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.