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Ragnar Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1907-1980)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 19, 2025
Entity authorityQ1377788 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ragnar Gustavsson (28 September 1907 – 19 May 1980) was a Swedish football forward who played for Sweden in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Ragnar Gustavsson” as swedish footballer (1907-1980). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ragnar, Gustavsson and Swedish.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1907, 1980, 1934—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1907-09-28. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ragnar, Gustavsson and Swedish providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Ragnar Gustavsson”, the useful work is to connect “swedish footballer (1907-1980)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 19, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1377788. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1907, 1980 and 1934.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Ragnar Gustavsson” 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.