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- ↑ P. O. Qvist, Börje Mellvig biography Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Swedish Film Institute Swedish film database, 2004, retrieved 21 July 2014 (in Swedish).
- 1 2 3 S., "Svenska dramatikers studio" Archived May 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , Svensk Uppslagsbok , 1955 ed. (in Swedish).
- ↑ "I en kammare mot Hamngatan", Vår Tid , 1951, p. 18 (in Swedish).
- ↑ Steene, pp. 506–11.