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Peter Steen

Danish actor (1936-2013)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ326884 ↗
Source-derived summary

Peter Steen (22 January 1936 – 7 February 2013) was a Danish film actor. Steen was born in Randers, Denmark, and appeared in over 50 films from 1964 onwards. In 2004 Steen won a Bodil Award as best supporting actor for the 2003 film Arven (The Inheritance).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Peter Steen” as danish actor (1936-2013). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Peter, Steen and Danish.

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—1936, 2013, 1964, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1936-01-22. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Peter, Steen and Danish 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 “Peter Steen”, the useful work is to connect “danish actor (1936-2013)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q326884. VIAF identifies the subject as 308181159. The Library of Congress control number is no2014033144. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1936, 2013, 1964 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “Peter Steen” 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.