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- 1 2 kansallisbiografia Suomen kansallisbiografia (National Biography of Finland)
- ↑ Markku Valkonen (1992). The golden age: Finnish art, 1850 to 1907. Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö Publishing Company. ISBN 978-951-0-17570-5.
- 1 2 Suomen kansallisbiografia (National Biography of Finland)
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