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- ↑ "Københavns Kommunal Arbejderforbund stiftes". FOA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- 1 2 "KKA bliver landsdækkende og ændrer navn". FOA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ↑ "DKA skifter navn". FOA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ↑ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 177. ISBN 0333771125.
- ↑ "DKA og HAF sammenlægges". FOA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.