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Viljo Suokas

Finnish politician (1925-2012)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2023
Entity authorityQ11901490 ↗
Source-derived summary

Viljo Suokas (13 May 1925, Metsäpirtti – 7 June 2012) was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Rural Party (SMP) from 1970 to 1972 and the Finnish People's Unity Party (SKYP) from 1972 to 1975.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Viljo Suokas” is finnish politician (1925-2012). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Viljo, Suokas and Finnish, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1925, 2012, 1970, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1925-05-13. For this dossier, Viljo, Suokas and Finnish is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “finnish politician (1925-2012)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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 Sep 13, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q11901490. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1925, 2012, 1970 and 1972.

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.

Best used for
  • 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 “Viljo Suokas”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Viljo Suokas primary sources, Viljo Suokas archive and Viljo 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

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Viljo Suokas”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Viljo Suokas” 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.