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Ole Berntsen

Danish sailor (1915–1996)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ3364434 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ole Valdemar Henrik Berntsen (22 January 1915 – 26 May 1996) was a Danish sailor. He competed in the dragon class at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1964 Olympics and placed third, fifth, second and first, respectively. His brothers Carl and William were also Olympic sailors. William competed alongside Ole in 1948 and 1952.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ole Berntsen” is danish sailor (1915–1996). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Berntsen, Danish and sailor, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1915, 1996, 1948, 1952—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1915-01-22. For this dossier, Berntsen, Danish and sailor is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “danish sailor (1915–1996)” 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.

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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 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3364434. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1915, 1996, 1948 and 1952.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ole Berntsen” 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.