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Rolf Hertzberg

Swedish handball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ257924 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rolf Hertzberg (born April 2, 1959) is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

In 1984 he finished fifth with the Swedish team in the Olympic tournament. He played three matches as goalkeeper.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Rolf Hertzberg” as swedish handball player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rolf, Hertzberg and Swedish.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1959, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1959-04-02. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rolf, Hertzberg 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 “Rolf Hertzberg”, the useful work is to connect “swedish handball player” 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 Sep 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q257924. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1959 and 1984.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. 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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This entry incorporates text from “Rolf Hertzberg” 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.