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- ↑ Eda IF, accessdate: 14 October 2013
- ↑ Jimmy Lindahl (2004). "Maratontabell för högsta damserien 1978–2003" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ↑ "Inget kul längre" (in Swedish). Swedish Floorball Association. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2015.