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- ↑ "Sigmundur Brestisson". snar.fo. Retrieved Nov 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Håkon Sigurdsson". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ↑ Færeyinga Saga, Ch. 40
- ↑ "Tyr, By the Light of the Northern Star". blabbermouth.net. Retrieved November 1, 2019.