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Girls at Sea (1977 film)

1977 film by Finn Henriksen

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ5564692
Source-derived summary

Girls at Sea (Danish: Piger til søs) is a 1977 Danish comedy film directed by Finn Henriksen and starring Helle Merete Sørensen, Ulla Jessen and Marianne Tønsberg.

Women have joined the Danish military but still cannot do active duty in the Navy. Three women's unofficial visit on a Navy ship complicates things due to an unannounced exercise at sea. Trying to hide the trio leads to comical situations.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Girls at Sea (1977 film)” as 1977 film by Finn Henriksen. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-09-16. The account is most persuasive where Girls, film and Finn can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1977 film by Finn Henriksen. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5564692. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. 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.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Girls at Sea (1977 film)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Girls at Sea (1977 film) primary sources, Girls at Sea (1977 film) archive and Girls research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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This entry incorporates text from Girls at Sea (1977 film)” 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.