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- ↑ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 176. ISBN 0333771125.
- ↑ "Fødevareforbundet NNF". Akassefinder.dk. Retrieved 7 February 2020.