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Olof Ahlberg

Swedish sculptor (1876–1956)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ5543854 ↗
Source-derived summary

Olof Ahlberg (18 November 1876 – 8 June 1956) was a Swedish sculptor. He is known for his human sculptures with classical and jugend features.

His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Olof Ahlberg” as swedish sculptor (1876–1956). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1876, 1956, 1948—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1876-11-18, 1876-01-01—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Olof, Ahlberg and Swedish can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as swedish sculptor (1876–1956). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5543854. VIAF identifies the subject as 306251983. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1876, 1956 and 1948.

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This entry incorporates text from “Olof Ahlberg” 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.