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- ↑ "Anne Oterholm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ↑ "leader of Literature Committee at Arts Council Norway". www.kulturradet.no (in Norwegian).
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