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Sverre Støstad

Norwegian politician (1887-1959)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 24, 2024
Entity authorityQ4589221 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sverre Kornelius Eilertsen Støstad (13 May 1887 – 7 December 1959) was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1939–1945, and member of the government delegation in Oslo in 1945, as well as head of the Ministry of Supplies and Reconstruction.

Editorial summary

“Sverre Støstad” enters the record as norwegian politician (1887-1959). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sverre, Støstad and Norwegian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1887, 1959, 1939, 1945—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1887-05-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Sverre, Støstad and Norwegian.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Sverre Støstad” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Sverre, Støstad and Norwegian provides the most credible route into that argument.

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 Nov 24, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q4589221. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1887, 1959, 1939 and 1945.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sverre Støstad”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sverre Støstad primary sources, Sverre Støstad archive and Sverre 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.

Questions for further research

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  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
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This entry incorporates text from “Sverre Støstad” 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.